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Graduate Diploma in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2021
Sociology
Contact information
Coordinator
Liz Dean
Email:ldean@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
Sociology engages with central dimensions of life in contemporary societies, from transformations in the life course, contemporary families, gender relations, ethnic, racial and sexual identity, and the body, through to media, new technologies, and globalisation. It engages with emerging patterns of social inequality and new forms of social problems, and the ways in which people and societies confront these new challenges. Sociology also explores emerging questions of action and identity – from new social movements to subcultures to forms of action evident in contemporary social transformations.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who complete the Graduate Diploma in Arts (Sociology) 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: 3 May 2024
Structure
100 credit points
Duration: 1 year full-time / 2 years part-time
The Graduate Diploma in Arts in this area of specialisation requires:
- two compulsory subjects (25 points)
- two core subjects (25 points)
- elective subjects (50 points)
Total 100 points
Please note: students can only take a maximum 12.5 points of Level 1 subjects
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| MULT30018 | Applied Research Methods | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects
25 points
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLS90063 | Indigenous Peoples in Global Context | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOCI40003 | Understanding The Life Course | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH40001 | Relationships in Modernity | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
50 points
Please note: students can only take a maximum 12.5 points of Level 1 subjects
| Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEVT20001 | Development in the 21st Century | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| HPSC30023 | Science and Society | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| INDO30002 | Creative Industries in Indonesia | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| MULT30017 | Australian Indigenous Public Policy | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS20011 | The Politics of Sex | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| POLS20026 | Politics and the Media | Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| POLS30007 | Australian Politics in the Long Run | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| SOCI10001 | Understanding Society | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| SOCI10003 | Inequalities: Challenges for the Future | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| CRIM20010 | Law, Justice and Social Change | Semester 1 (Online) |
12.5 |
| SOTH20002 | Classical Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
| SOTH20003 | Social Theory and Political Analysis | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
| SOTH30004 | Psychoanalysis and Social Theory | Not available in 2021 | 12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 3 May 2024