Social science
Students taking the BA(SocSc) must complete first-year sequences in at
least two of the following disciplines: anthropology, economics, geography,
history, linguistics, philosophy, politics, psychology, sociology. To complete
the BA(SocSc), students must (1) complete a double major, both majors being
chosen from the above-named disciplines, each major totalling fifty-two points
(first year through to third year) and including the appropriate third-year
`core' subjects identified in the list below: (2) complete a further forty
points from any discipline offered in the Faculty of Arts, including at least
twenty-four points of further first-year work, of which twelve points must be
another first-year Arts sequence. An honours degree, comprised of an additional
(fourth) year of forty-eight points, is also available in the above-listed
disciplines. For special conditions or requirements, see the separate entries
for those disciplines. The subjects listed below have been selected by the
participating disciplines as appropriate for the BA(SocSc) Note that students
may take only one of economics and psychology as a major.
Below is a sample scheme of the course structure of the BA(SocSc). Students
should note that this is intended as a sample only, and that all students
enrolling into the BA(SocSc) should consult a course adviser in the Faculty of
Arts.
1st year
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12
points
First-year sequence in a social science discipline
Discipline A
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12
points
First-year sequence in a social science discipline
Discipline B
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12
points
First-year sequence in an Arts faculty discipline
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12
points
Any two first-year subjects*
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2nd
year
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16
points
Second-year studies in a social science discipline
Discipline A
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16
points
Second-year studies in a social science discipline
Discipline B
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16
points
Second-year studies from Arts or another faculty*
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3rd
year
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24
points
Third-year studies in a social science discipline
Discipline A
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24
points
Third-year studies in a social science discipline
Discipline B
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If one of your social science majors is in economics or psychology, these
subjects should be from the Arts subjects listed in the handbook.
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- ANY1010 Contemporary anthropology (6 points)
- ANY1020 Anthropology of social change (6 points)
- ANY2110 Magic, science and religion (8 points)
- ANY2190 Comparative social structures (8 points)
- ANY3290 Advanced anthropology, part I (8 points)
- ANY3300 Advanced anthropology, part II (8 points)
- ANY3430 Civilisation and its malcontents (8 points)
- ANY3570 Socio-ecology (8 points) (not offered in 1997)
- ANY3610 Urbanisation in the third world (8 points)
- ANY3640 Structuralisms and poststructuralisms (8 points) (core subject)
Students can undertake a major in economics (which requires VCE/Year 12
Mathematics), economics studies, or economic history. For all three, the
BA(SocSc) core subject is ECO3570 (The international economy since 1945). For
details of the three, see the appropriate sections of this handbook.
- GES1000 Natural environment and human impact (6 points)
- GES1040 Development: a global perspective (6 points)
- GES1062 Geographical perspectives on development in the third world (6
points) (Peninsula)
- GES2120 World cities and regions (8 points)
- GES2290 Society, native and settlement in the New World
- GES2390 Geographical survey and analysis (8 points)
- GES2630 Property and real estate markets (8 points)
- GES2650 Development theory and practice (8 points)
- GES2740 Urban restructuring (8 points)
- GES3290 Society, nature and settlement in the New World
- GES3390 Techniques of survey and analysis in geography (12 points)
- GES3470 Development and environment in Asia- Pacific and Australia (12
points)
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* GES3480 Dilemmas of policy and planning (12 points)
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* GES3730 Philosophy of the social sciences (12 points)
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* GES3740 Urban restructuring (12 points) (core subject)
- HSY1030 Australia: immigrant nation (6 points)
- HSY1040 People, place and power: everyday life in Australian history (6
points)
- HSY1070 Contemporary Europe: origins (6 points)
- HSY1080 Contemporary Europe: East and West (6 points)
- HSY2360 Contemporary America (8 points)
- HSY2190 The emergence of modern Indonesia (8 points)
- HSY2230 Early America: The American people and the US 1492 - 1877 (8
points)
- HSY2370 Dissent in American society (8 points)
- HSY2410 History of sexuality (8 points)
- HSY2530 Early Russia: The decline of imperial Russia (8 points)
- HSY2540 Modern Russia: The rise and fall of Soviet power (8 points)
- HSY2780 Imagining Australia's tomorrow (8 points)
- HSY2840 European cultural history (8 points)
- HSY2850 The Australian city (8 points)
- HSY3190 The emergence of modern Indonesia (8 points)
- HSY3270 Early America: The American people and the US 1492 - 1877 (8
points)
- HSY3360 Contemporary America (8 points)
- HSY3370 Dissent in American society (8 points)
- HSY3870 Social theory and social history (8 points) (core subject)
- HSY3410 History of sexuality (8 points)
- HSY3530 Early Russia: The decline of imperial Russia (8 points)
- HSY3540 Modern Russia: The rise and fall of Soviet power (8 points)
- HSY3780 Imagining Australia's tomorrow (8 points)
- HSY3840 European cultural history (8 points)
- HSY3850 The Australian city (8 points)
- JPS2110/JPS3110 Japanese society (8 points)
- JPS2130/JPS3130 Japanese sociolinguistics (8 points)
- JPS2150/JPS3150 Japanese culture (8 points) (proposed to be offered next in
1998)
- JPS2190/JPS3190 Japanese management and the economy (8 points)
- JPS2210/JPS3310 History of Japanese science and technology (8 or 12 points)
- JPS2810/JPS3810 Australia- Japan social relations (8 points)
- JPS2910/JPS3910 Australia- Japan economic relations (8 points)
- LIN1010 Linguistics: language and communication A (6 points)
- LIN1020 Linguistics: language and communication B (6 points)
- LIN2090 Syntax (8 points)
- LIN2110 Phonetics and phonology (8 points)
- LIN2310 Semantics (8 points)
- LIN2350 Sociolinguistics (8 points)
- LIN2390 Language communication and the sexes (8 points)
- LIN2430 Psycholinguistics and child language acquisition (8 points)
- LIN2470 Linguistics for business (8 points)
- LIN2530 Languages in contact (8 points)
- LIN2550 Second language acquisition and attrition (8 points)
- LIN3110 Phonetics and phonology (8 points)
- LIN3190 Historical and comparative linguistics (8 points)
- LIN3310 Semantics (8 points)
- LIN3350 Sociolinguistics (8 points) (core subject)
- LIN3390 Language, communication and the sexes (8 points)
- LIN3430 Psycholinguistics and child language acquisition (8 points)
- LIN3470 Linguistics for business (8 points)
- LIN3530 Languages in contact (8 points)
- LIN3550 Second language acquisition and attrition (8 points)
- PHL1010 Introduction to philosophy A (6 points) or
- PHL1050 Philosophy of science A (6 points) and
- PHL1020 Introduction to philosophy B (6 points) or
- PHL1040 Introduction to philosophy C (6 points) or
- PHL1060 Philosophy of science B (6 points)
- PHL2230 Feminist philosophers (8 points)
- PHL2330 Issues in political theory (8 points)
- PHL3330 Issues in political theory (8 points)
- PHL3370 Contemporary moral problems (8 points)
- PHL3610 Philosophy of law (8 points)
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* PHL3750 Recent European philosophy (8 points)
- PHL3810 Philosophy and the environment (8 points)
- PHL3870 Science and society: knowledge and power (8 points)
- PLT1020 Australian politics and government (6 points)
- PLT1040 International relations (6 points)
- PLT1050 Nature, law and revolution (6 points)
- PLT1070 Modernity in crisis (6 points)
- PLT1120 Power and resistance in contemporary culture (6 points)
- PLT2140 Progress and despair: modern political ideologies and theories (8
points)
- PLT2170 Politics and the media in Australia (8 points)
- PLT2210 Political sociology (8 points)
- PLT2230 International political economy (8 points)
- PLT2250 East Asia and the politics of difference (8 points)
- PLT2370 America: decay of the liberal dream? (8 points)
- PLT3140 Progress and despair (8 points)
- PLT3210 Political sociology (8 points)
- PLT3320 Australian constitutional democracy (8 points)
- PLT3350 Post-industrial politics
- PLT3370 America: decay of the liberal dream? (8 points)
- PLT3420 Political imagination (8 points) (core subject)
- PLT3630 China: revolution versus pragmatism (8 points)
- PLT3750 Gender in Asian politics
- PLT3790 Three conceptions of international relations (8 points)
- PLT3850 Curbing the arms race: arms control and world politics (8 points)
- PLT3860 America, Japan and China: Asian-Pacific competitors? (8 points)
- PLT3890 Empirical research and analysis (8 points)
- PLT3910 Australian political economy (8 points)
- PLT3930 Southeast Asian politics (8 points)
- PLT3950 International ethics in a divided world (8 points)
- PLT3990 Politics of the environment (8 points)
Students wishing to take psychology subjects can choose from courses
offered by the Department of Psychology on the Caulfield, Clayton and Peninsula
campuses, as listed in the entry for psychology.
- SCY1010 Introduction to sociology I (6 points)
- SCY1020 Introduction to sociology II (6 points)
- SCY2150 Sociological research techniques (8 points)
- SCY2210 Gender and sociology (8 points)
- SCY2230 Australian society: a developmental perspective (8 points)
- SCY3000 Advanced sociology A.1 (8 points)
- SCY3001 Advanced sociology A.2 (8 points) (core subject)
- SCY3002 Advanced sociology A.3 (8 points)
- SCY3003 Advanced sociology B.1 (8 points)
- SCY3004 Advanced sociology B.2 (8 points)
- SCY3005 Advanced sociology B.3 (8 points)
A selection of units
including the following:
- Data appreciation
- The joy of `X': computer data processing and analysis using SPSS-X
- Society and environment
- Population and migration
- Social psychology
- Sociology of the family
- Sociology of religion
- Sociology of self
- Women, gender and society
- Women and social control
- The research process
- Sexed media, media-ted sex
- Alternatives to straight research