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Graduate Certificate in Arts - Sociology
Graduate Certificate in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2017
Graduate Certificate in Arts - Sociology
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Dan Woodman
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
A Graduate Certificate in Arts allows you to complete a comprehensive six-month course of study in Sociology. 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 Subjects
12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI40003 | Understanding The Life Course | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
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 |
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 |
ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM10001 | From Graffiti to Terrorism | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM20004 | Order, Disorder, Crime, Deviance | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
CRIM30005 | Crimes of the Powerful | Semester 2 (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 |
HPSC30023 | Science and Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
INDO30003 | Popular Cultures in Indonesia | Not available in 2017 | 12.5 |
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Indigenous People and Social Control | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI10001 | Understanding Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20007 | Terrorism: Shifting Paradigms | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20014 | Sociology of Youth | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30001 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30005 | Sociology Internship | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
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 |
SOLS10001 | Law in Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOLS20001 | Law, Justice and Social Change | Semester 2 (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/ssps
Last updated: 30 January 2024