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Sociology
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Coordinator
Dr. Liz Dean
Email: ldean@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Structure
100 credit points
Students undertaking pure honours in Sociology must complete:
- A 15,000 word thesis: SOCI40006 Sociology Thesis Part 1, and SOCI40007 Sociology Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- Two Compulsory subjects (25 points);
- Two Sociology Honours elective subjects (25 points)
Students undertaking combined honours in Sociology and another program must complete:
- SOCI40006 Sociology Thesis Part 1, and SOCI40007 Sociology Thesis Part 2 (50 points);
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points);
- Coursework from the combining discipline (37.5 points)
or
- Thesis in the combining discipline (50 points);
- Coursework from the combining discipline (12.5 points);
- POLS40013 Social Science Research Seminar (12.5 points);
- Two Sociology Honours elective subjects (25 points)
Total 100 points
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects:
Total: 87.5 points
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI40006 | Sociology Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
SOCI40007 | Sociology Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
SOCI40008 | Reading Sociology | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI40009 | Writing Sociology | July (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects:
Total: 12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOTH40001 | Relationships in Modernity | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
SOCI40003 | Understanding The Life Course | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://ssps.unimelb.edu.au/students/honours
Last updated: 12 November 2021