Undergraduate - UnitAZA1366 - Families, relationships, health and the media

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 1, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Arts
Offered	South Africa Second semester 2014 (Day) South Africa OCT-MSA01 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Dr Alex Asakitikpi

Synopsis

The unit builds on the skills and knowledge developed in first semester in the unit 'Everyday life in sociological perspectives'. Students develop a greater understanding of important areas of sociological research and theoretical endeavour. These may include topics such as: sociology of health and illness, gender, popular culture and mass media; class and social inequality; poverty and social exclusion; population and society; and family.

Outcomes

After completing the unit, students will have:

Knowledge of key concepts and perspectives used in sociological analysis;
Understanding how sociologists understand the link between the individual and society;
An understanding of how structural factors influence the ways in which people experience everyday life;
Skills in presenting coherently argued and well organized essays on sociological topics.