Winter School Subject List for 2013

Social Construction of Difference (SCLG2608) - (Stream A) - Opens 15 May 2012
Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences Department: Sociology and Social Policy Level: Undergraduate Credit Points: 6 Instructors: (1) Dr Alec Pemberton - alec.pemberton@sydney.edu.au Contacts: (1) Dr Alec Pemberton - alec.pemberton@sydney.edu.au	Start Date: 02 Jul 2012 End Date: 18 Jul 2012 Capacity: 50 Status: Places available Enrolments Open: 15 May 2012 Enrolments Close: 23 Jun 2012 Census date: 06 Jul 2012 On-time withdrawals close: 23 Jun 2012 Costs: Local - $3330.00 * International - $3570.00 * * Please note: Fees are indicative - while every effort is made to display the correct fees, final fees may vary. Available to audit: No Open to HSC graduates?: No
Prerequisites: Prerequisite: - SCLG1001 and SCLG1002 Description The focus of this unit of study is on the dynamics of the identification of ‘difference’ in society, including the processes of stigmatisation and demonisation of ‘deviants’. The unit focuses on areas such as the debates surrounding the ‘welfare underclass’, unruly youth, refugees and asylum seekers, trans-gendered persons, the care of the mentally ill, etc. Significant theoretical debates will be addressed, including ‘realism’ vs. ‘social construction’, ‘defining deviance down’ (Moynihan; Hendershott), the ‘Broken Windows’ thesis (Wilson and Kelling) and Jock Young’s theory of ‘Essentialising the Other’. Assessment Class Participation = 5 % ; Take Home Exam 1,500 words = 50% ; Essay 2,000 words = 45 % Timetable Start Date: 02 Jul 2012 End Date: 18 Jul 2012 SEMINARS: Mondays and Wednesdays for the period 2 July - 18 July, classes from 11:00 - 16:00 hrs Venues Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 311 Texts Course Reader plus: Marshall, H. et al. (2007) Deviance and Social Control, Melbourne, Oxford University Press.

Social Construction of Difference (SCLG2608) - (Stream A) - Opens 15 May 2012

Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences
Department: Sociology and Social Policy
Level: Undergraduate
Credit Points: 6

Instructors: (1) Dr Alec Pemberton - alec.pemberton@sydney.edu.au

Contacts: (1) Dr Alec Pemberton - alec.pemberton@sydney.edu.au

Start Date: 02 Jul 2012
End Date: 18 Jul 2012
Capacity: 50
Status: Places available
Enrolments Open: 15 May 2012
Enrolments Close: 23 Jun 2012
Census date: 06 Jul 2012
On-time withdrawals close: 23 Jun 2012
Costs: Local - $3330.00 *
International - $3570.00 *

* Please note: Fees are indicative - while every effort is made to display the correct fees, final fees may vary.
Available to audit: No
Open to HSC graduates?: No

Prerequisites:

Prerequisite: -
SCLG1001 and SCLG1002

Description

The focus of this unit of study is on the dynamics of the identification of ‘difference’ in society, including the processes of stigmatisation and demonisation of ‘deviants’. The unit focuses on areas such as the debates surrounding the ‘welfare underclass’, unruly youth, refugees and asylum seekers, trans-gendered persons, the care of the mentally ill, etc. Significant theoretical debates will be addressed, including ‘realism’ vs. ‘social construction’, ‘defining deviance down’ (Moynihan; Hendershott), the ‘Broken Windows’ thesis (Wilson and Kelling) and Jock Young’s theory of ‘Essentialising the Other’.

Assessment

Class Participation = 5 % ; Take Home Exam 1,500 words = 50% ; Essay 2,000 words = 45 %

Timetable

Start Date: 02 Jul 2012 End Date: 18 Jul 2012

SEMINARS: Mondays and Wednesdays for the period 2 July - 18 July, classes from 11:00 - 16:00 hrs

Venues

Eastern Avenue Seminar Room 311

Texts

Course Reader plus: Marshall, H. et al. (2007) Deviance and Social Control, Melbourne, Oxford University Press.

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