Undergraduate - UnitATS1367 - Sociological reflections on everyday life

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	Gippsland First semester 2014 (Day) Gippsland First semester 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Nick Osbaldison

Notes

Previously coded SCY1801

Synopsis

This unit is an introduction to the discipline, with a specific focus on using sociology to reflect on everyday life. Through the analysis of substantive social issues and institutions the unit explores the role of a sociological perspective in moving beyond 'common sense' and taken-for-granted understandings of society. Broad topics covered include: the nature of sociological knowledge; experiencing everyday life through gender, family and the body; the relationship between conformity, deviance and social control; and the role of social class and the mass media in shaping how we interpret and understand the world.

Outcomes

Understand the nature of sociological explanation and its difference to other forms of explanation.
Be able to recognize the different ways in which sociologists theorise and research the social world.
Be able to apply basic sociological concepts to issues of local and global concern.
Have gained skills in the written presentation of an argument, including the ways in which sociologists incorporate and acknowledge the ideas of other writers.
Begin to develop a critical, questioning approach to reading/assessing sociological material that provides a sound basis for further study in the discipline

Assessment

Written work: 60% (2500 words)
2 hour Exam: 40%

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Nick Osbaldison

Workload requirements

3 hours (1 x 2 hour lecture and 1 x 1 hour tutorial) per week

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Sociology

Prohibitions

GSC1201, SCY1801