Handbook home
Sociology // Structure
You’re currently viewing the 2022 version of this component
Sociology
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Ashley Barnwell
Email: ashley.barnwell@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);
- A research methods subject (12.5 points);
- Three course work subjects in one area of study (37.5 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);
- One research method subject (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);
- One research method subject (12.5 points);
- Two Sociology Honours elective subjects (25 points)
Total 100 points
Honours students are required to achieve an honours grade (ie. H1, H2A,H2B, H3) for each subject and thesis component of their course in order to complete the degree.
Subject Options
Compulsory Subjects:
Total: 75 points
Note: the thesis requires two consecutive semesters of enrolment.
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI40006 | Sociology Thesis Part 1 |
Semester 1 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
SOCI40007 | Sociology Thesis Part 2 |
Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville)
Semester 2 (Dual-Delivery - Parkville)
|
25 |
SOCI40008 | Reading Social Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI40009 | Writing Sociology | Winter Term (Dual-Delivery - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Core Subjects:
Research method subjects - Total: 12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
POLS40013 | Social Science Research Seminar | February (Online) |
12.5 |
ANTH40012 | Explanation and Understanding | February (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 2022