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Email: dan.woodman@unimelb.edu.au
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Structure
75 credit points
Sociology is available as both a 100-point major and a 75-point minor.
Major:
Level 1 (25 points)
- one
Code Name Study period Credit Points Arts Foundation Subject No longer available - and one level 1 Sociology subject (SOCI10001: Understanding Society highly recommended)
Level 2 (37.5 points)
- MULT20003 Critical Analytical Skills and
- 25 points from level 2 subjects listed (SOCI and SOTH coded subjects are recommended)
Level 3 (37.5 points)
- MULT30018 Applied Research Methods (capstone subject)
- 25 points from level 3 subjects listed (SOCI and SOTH coded subjects are recommended)
Total 100 points
Minor:
Level 1 (25 points) consisting of:
- One
Code Name Study period Credit Points Arts Foundation Subject No longer available - 12.5 points from level 1 subjects listed
Level 2 (25 points) consisting of:
- 25 points from level 2 subjects listed (MULT20003 Critical Analytical Skills is strongly recommended).
Level 3 (25 points) consisting of:
- 25 points from level 3 subjects listed
Total 75 points
The capstone subject is not available in the minor or as breadth studies.
Subject Options
Level 1 Subjects
12.5 points of the following level 1 subjects for students completing a major or minor and one
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
Arts Foundation Subject | No longer available |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
CRIM10001 | From Graffiti to Terrorism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI10001 | Understanding Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI10002 | Sociology of Work and Occupations | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOLS10001 | Law in Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 Compulsory Subject
This subject is compulsory at level 2 in the sociology major.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 Elective Subjects
Not all subjects listed in the major are available to students completing a minor, level 2 subjects included in the minor, see below.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND20003 | Genders, Bodies & Sexualities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20008 | Sex and Gender Present and Future | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20001 | Society and Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20007 | Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH20002 | Modernity: Foundations of Sociology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ANTH20011 | Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20004 | Order, Disorder, Crime, Deviance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20014 | Sociology of Youth | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20016 | Sociology of Culture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOLS20001 | Law, Justice and Social Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone Subject
The capstone subject is compulsory for students completing a major in sociology.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT30018 | Applied Research Methods | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Elective Subjects
Not all subjects listed in the major are available to students completing a minor, level 3 subjects included in the minor, see below.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC30023 | Science and Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Indigenous People and Social Control | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30001 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30009 | Living in a Risk Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30010 | Social Differences and Inequalities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOLS30001 | Law in Social Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH30001 | Critical Theories | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30005 | Crimes of the Powerful | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
JAPN30002 | Social Problems in Japan | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30005 | Sociology Internship | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
SOCI30012 | Digital Technology and Social Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDO30003 | Popular Cultures in Indonesia | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SOTH30004 | Psychoanalysis and Social Theory | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Level 2 Elective Subjects (Minor)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH20001 | Keeping the Body in Mind | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20003 | Genders, Bodies & Sexualities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEND20008 | Sex and Gender Present and Future | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
GEOG20001 | Society and Environments | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20007 | Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH20002 | Modernity: Foundations of Sociology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20004 | Order, Disorder, Crime, Deviance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20014 | Sociology of Youth | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20016 | Sociology of Culture | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOLS20001 | Law, Justice and Social Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Elective Subjects (Minor)
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC30023 | Science and Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Indigenous People and Social Control | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30001 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30009 | Living in a Risk Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30010 | Social Differences and Inequalities | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOLS30001 | Law in Social Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH30001 | Critical Theories | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30005 | Crimes of the Powerful | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
JAPN30002 | Social Problems in Japan | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30012 | Digital Technology and Social Change | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDO30003 | Popular Cultures in Indonesia | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SOTH30004 | Psychoanalysis and Social Theory | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/study-areas/sociology-social-policy-and-social-theoryLast updated: 30 January 2024