MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Published by Monash University

Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

GSC3201

Sociological theory and method

Marion Collis

8 points + Equivalent to 3 hours per week + First semester + Gippsland/Distance + Prerequisites: GSC1201, GSC1202 or equivalents and two upper-level sociology subjects. It is highly recommended that students should have completed GSC1601 and GSC1602

Synopsis The subject will address the following issues: (a) a developmental and comparative analysis of the major sociological perspectives; (b) the issue of fragmentation and synthesis within the sociological perspective; (c) the relationship between sociological theories and research strategies; (d) techniques of data gathering and analysis.

Assessment Assignment one (1800 words): 30% + Research report (2100 words): 35% + Assignment two (2100 words): 35%

Prescribed texts

May T Social research: Issues, methods and process Open University Press, 1993
Swingwood A A short history of sociological thought 2nd edn, Macmillan, 1991

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