GSC2201

Sociology of family and generation

Proposed to be offered next in 2000

Lecturer to be advised

8 points - Equivalent to 3 hours per week - Second semester - Gippsland and distance - Prerequisites: GSC1201 and GSC1202 or equivalents

Objectives On successful completion of the subject students should have developed a sociological perspective on the place of the family in industrial society and an understanding of the major social processes involved in family change; with special focus on processes of the household division of labour, and the patterns of family formation and disruption.

Synopsis The subject will cover material on the following topics: family structure and industrialisation, mate selection, family interaction, changing gender roles within the family, family disruption and extended family relationships.

Assessment Assignment one (1500 words): 25% - Assignment two (2500 words): 40% - Examination (2 hours): 35%

Prescribed texts

Gilding M Australian families: A comparative perspective Addision-Wesley Longman, 1997

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