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SocioEnvironmentalContext of Adolescents (POPH90172)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
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- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
| Availability | Semester 2 - Online |
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| Fees | Look up fees |
This subject investigates how social determinants and social worlds affect the health and wellbeing of young people and examines social life from historical, global and cultural perspectives. Students will draw on a diversity of theoretical perspectives to analyse how society operates and how social changes influence the health, wellbeing and behaviours of young people. Throughout this subject, particular emphasis is placed on examining and explaining social and health inequalities. Issues of gender and popular culture and concepts related to social networks, social capital, social cohesion and social control are explored. The relationship between micro and macro views of society (micro-macro linkage), and the relationship between social structures, institutions and human agency are investigated with reference to contemporary adolescent health issues. Approaches to interventions focusing on changing social contexts will be critically examined.
Intended learning outcomes
This subject is designed to enable students to:
1. Distinguish sociological ideas about young people from psychological and biological explanations.
2. Explain how broader social issues and events impact on young people.
3. Describe how structural categories such as gender, race and class contribute to social inequality among young people.
4. Analyse the role of institutions in young people’s lives.
5. Evaluate and apply sociological perspectives to young people’s experiences.
Generic skills
This subject is designed to enable students to:
- distinguish sociological ideas about young people from psychological and biological explanations;
- reflect upon and explain how events that concern individual young people are connected with larger social issues;
- recognise how social changes and social factors impact on the health, wellbeing and behaviours of young people;
- describe those factors that contribute to social and health inequalities for young people;
- evaluate and apply sociological perspectives to contemporary adolescent health issues;
- explain approaches to interventions that aim to change social contexts and enhance youth participation.
On completion of this subject it is expected that students will be able to:
- demonstrate an ability to relate young people's health, wellbeing and behaviours to broader social contexts;
- explain to a selected audience the factors contributing to social and health inequalities for young people;
- present an argument for changing an aspect of social context / structure to improve the health and wellbeing of young people;
- select a contemporary adolescent health issue, advocate for an approach that would improve the social context of young people's lives.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Additional details
- Minor essay (1500 words) due mid-term, (30%)
- Major essay (3000 words) due Week 9 (60%)
- Online posts: 5 individual posts relating to a sociological issue (min 100 words each) due Weeks 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 (10%)
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Andrea Krelle Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 30 hours online. Approximately half will be didactic instruction; the other half interactive, but asynchronous. Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 29 July 2019 to 27 October 2019 Last self-enrol date 9 August 2019 Census date 31 August 2019 Last date to withdraw without fail 27 September 2019 Assessment period ends 22 November 2019 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
Recommended texts and other resources
Wyn, J & White R (2013), Youth and Society: Exploring the Social Dynamics of Youth Experience (2nd Edition). South Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022