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Graduate Certificate in ArtsSpecialisation (formal)Year: 2024
Sociology
Contact information
Coordinator
Dr Ashley Barnwell
Email: ashley.barnwell@unimelb.edu.au
Currently enrolled students:
Future students:
Overview
A Graduate Certificate in Arts allows you to complete a comprehensive six-month course of study in Sociology. It is particularly useful if you are returning to tertiary study after time away from an academic environment.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this specialisation, students should be able to:
- 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
- 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: 8 November 2024
Structure
50 credit points
Duration: 6 months full-time / 1 year part-time
Program Requirements -
- one core subject (12.5 points)
- elective subjects (37.5 points)
Total 50 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Subject Options
Core Subjects
12.5 points
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI40003 | Understanding The Life Course | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOTH40001 | Emotions in Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Elective Subjects
37.5 points
Please note: students can only take 12.5 points of elective subjects at first-year level
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MULT20003 | Critical Analytical Skills | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
MULT20008 | Australian Indigenous Politics | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI10001 | Understanding Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI10003 | Inequalities: Future Challenges | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20014 | Sociology of Youth | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20017 | Sexualising Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20018 | Families, Relationships and Society | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI20020 | Environmental Sociology: Warming Planet | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOCI30001 | Contemporary Sociological Theory | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30005 | Sociology Internship |
Semester 1 (Off Campus)
Semester 2 (Off Campus)
|
25 |
SOCI30009 | Living in a Risk Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30013 | Survey Design and Analysis | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30014 | Race and Racism in Australia | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
SOCI30015 | Work, Labour and Society | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Code | Name | Study period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
SOTH20002 | Classical Sociological Theory | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Links
http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/ssps
Last updated: 8 November 2024