2017 Winter School Subject List
Social Inequality in Australia (SCLG2604) - Applications Closed | |
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| Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences Department: Sociology and Social Policy Level: Undergraduate Credit Points: 6 Instructors: | Start Date: 09 Jan 2017 End Date: 25 Jan 2017 Capacity: 60 Status: Applications Closed Applications Open: 04 Oct 2016 Applications Close: 07 Dec 2016 Census date: 18 Jan 2017 On-time withdrawals close: 18 Jan 2017 Available to audit: No Open to HSC graduates?: No |
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DescriptionThis unit examines sociological approaches to social inequality. Questions about social inequality are integral to contemporary notions of equality, citizenship, human rights, social justice and emancipation. A central theme of the unit (and a central preoccupation of sociologists) is ways in which social relations of inequality are shaped, represented, experienced, negotiated and challenged in everyday life. Some important questions for this unit are: How do sociologists understand and explain patterns of inequality? What are the enabling and constraining factors shaping people’s ‘life chances’? How are social relations of inequality, experienced, challenged and disrupted? Is social inequality an inevitable condition of human existence? AssessmentEssay 2,000 words; Exam 2,000 words; In-class Participation TimetableStart Date: 09 Jan 2017 End Date: 25 Jan 2017 Lectures: Mon & Wed: 11:00 - 16:00 hrs (11:00 - 13:00 hrs & 14:00 - 16:00 hrs) Tutorials: Mon & Wed: 16:00 - 17:00 hrs Final Exam: 23rd - 30th Jan 2017 (Take Home Exam). Location:The Refectory, Quadrangle Building EXCEPT: Weds 11th Jan - Education Seminar Room 434 TextsD Habibis & M Walter , 2013, second edition, ‘Social Inequality in Australia’ , Melbourne Oxford University Press | |