Monash home | About Monash | Faculties | Campuses | Contact Monash |
Staff directory | A-Z index | Site map |
Postgraduate |
(ARTS)
|
Leader: Ingrid Neilsen
Offered:
Caulfield Second semester 2005 (Evening)
Synopsis: Exercises involving the re-analysis of 'official statistics' and other data sources. The exercises include writing a report on youth unemployment; trend analysis of the gender gap in wages; working class versus upper class suburbs in Melbourne; cohort analysis of migrant unemployment; crosscultural comparison of strikes; report on one type of criminal offence; submission on single parents to the Social Security Review.
Assessment: Four research reports (1500 words each): 60% + Three research reports (1000 words each): 30% + Seminar participation: 10%
Contact Hours: 2 hours (1 x 2 hour seminar) per week