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Sociology
Contact information
Coordinator
Liz Dean
Email: ldean@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
This major requires the completion of:
- a minimum of 12.5 credit points of Level 1 electives (SOCI10001 highly recommended)
- 12.5 credit points of Arts Foundation Subjects (MULT10018 recommended) for a single major, or 12.5 credit points of additional Level 1 electives for a double major*
- 12.5 credit points of Level 2 core subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 2 electives
- 12.5 credit points of Level 3 Capstone subjects
- 25 credit points of Level 3 electives
SOCI and SOTH coded subjects are recommended for both Level 2 and 3 electives
The subjects MULT20003 and MULT30018 are compulsory in the Criminology, Politics and International Studies, and Sociology majors. Students who are completing two majors in any two of these disciplines can only count MULT20003 and MULT30018 towards one major. One additional Level 2 subject and one additional Level 3 subject must be completed for the other major.
*Notes:
Students must undertake one Arts Foundation subject as part of the course requirements and the Arts Foundation can be counted in one major only. For this major, you will need to complete two Level 1 subjects.
If you are completing a single major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: One Arts Foundation subject and One Level 1 elective subject
If you are completing a double major the correct enrolment for this major at level 1 is: One Arts Foundation subject and One Level 1 Elective subject OR Two Level 1 Elective subjects
Level 1 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI10001 | Understanding Society | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI10003 | Inequalities: Challenges for the Future | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 2 core subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Level 2 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
GEND20008 | Sex and Gender Present and Future | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI20014 | Sociology of Youth | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20016 | Sociology of Culture | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20017 | Sexualising Society: Sociology of Sex | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI20018 | Families, Relationships and Society | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20019 | Talking with People: Doing Interviews | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
SOTH20002 | Classical Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 Capstone subject
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT30018 | Applied Research Methods | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Level 3 electives
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
ANTH30005 | Power, Ideology and Inequality | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
HPSC30023 | Science and Society | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
MULT30017 | Australian Indigenous Public Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30001 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI30005 | Sociology Internship |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
25 |
SOCI30009 | Living in a Risk Society | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI30012 | Digital Technology and Social Change | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI30013 | Survey Design and Analysis | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI30014 | Sociology of 'Race' and Ethnicities | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30015 | Sociology of Work: The Future of Work | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOTH30004 | Psychoanalysis and Social Theory | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/study-areas/sociology-social-policy-and-social-theory
Last updated: 3 May 2024