SCY3012

Power and cultural formation

Bernard Daly

8 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Peninsula
* Prerequisites: First-year SCY sequence or equivalent

Objectives On completion of this subject students should have an appreciation of the various theoretical approaches used to understand and explain social stratification; a critical awareness of the extent of inequalities in contemporary Australian society; a knowledge and understanding of the variety and forms of social stratification; an ability to demonstrate and explain the inadequacies of common knowledge of stratification and how this is obtained; an awareness of the macro- micro-connections in the explanations and understandings of social phenomena; further developed an appreciation and acquired a number of basic skills in the processes of social research.

Synopsis Class and social stratification. An evaluation of different sociological perspectives of class and social stratification. The changing class structure of the advanced societies. Class, status and power in Australian society. A particular examination of stratification in everyday life.

Assessment One essay (2500 words): 40%
* One investigative report (2500 words): 40%
* Tutorial paper and presentation (1000 words): 20%