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Graduate Certificate in Arts - Social Theory
Specialisation (formal)Year: 2017
Graduate Certificate in Arts - Social Theory
Overview
A Graduate Certificate in Arts allows you to complete a comprehensive six-month course of study in Social Theory. It is particularly useful if you are returning to tertiary study after time away from an academic environment.
Intended learning outcomes
Student who complete the Graduate Certificate in Arts in this specialisation should:
- Demonstrate an independent approach to knowledge that uses rigorous methods of inquiry and appropriate theories and methodologies that are applied with intellectual honesty and a respect for ethical values;
- Apply critical and analytical skills and methods to the identification and resolution of problems within complex changing social contexts;
- Act as informed and critically discriminating participants within the community of scholars, as citizens and in the work force;
- Communicate effectively;
- Commit to continuous learning; and
- Be proficient in the use of appropriate modern technologies, such as the computer and other information technology systems, for the acquisition, processing and interpretation of data.
Last updated: 30 January 2024
Structure
50 credit points
Duration: 6 months full-time / 1 year part-time
Program Requirements -
- one core subject (12.5 points)
- elective subjects (37.5 points)
Total 50 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Core Subject
12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOTH40001 | Theories of Modernity | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH40002 | Imagined Societies | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH40003 | The Critical Imagination | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SOTH90004 |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH20011 | Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30006 | Crime and Culture | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
ENGL20020 | Romanticism, Feminism, Revolution | 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 |
GEOG20008 | Inside the City of Diversity | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC30023 | Science and Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
PHIL30024 | The Foundations of Interpretation | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
POLS30025 | |||
SOCI30001 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOLS30001 | Law in Social Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH20002 | Modernity: Foundations of Sociology | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH20003 | Social Theory and Political Analysis | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
SOTH30001 | Critical Theories | July (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH30004 | Psychoanalysis and Social Theory | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/scholarships/ssps
Last updated: 30 January 2024