Sociological Foundations
Duration
- One Semester or Term
Contact hours
- 36 hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning. For Online unit delivery, learning is conducted exclusively online.
2024 teaching periods
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 3 |
Swinburne Online Teaching Period 2 | |
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Corequisites
Aims and objectives
This unit provides students with an introduction to the foundations of the discipline of sociology. Successful completion of this unit will prepare students to undertake study in the discipline at more advanced levels through their understanding of the sociological imagination and central sociological theories as applied to a range of current events and issues.
1. Apply a sociological perspective to the social world around them
2. Identify and differentiate between the major theoretical perspectives employed by sociologists
3. Define and use a range of key sociological concepts to appraise the ways in which social processes and social structures shape individuals and groups in contemporary society
4. Discuss and critique published work and communicate this through informed written argument
5. Undertake successful library-based research
6. Identify and utilise the referencing style required by this discipline
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment and content.
Teaching methods
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
Online Contact Collaboration | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Directed Online Learning and Independent Learning Discussion Board, eLA-interactions, Readings, Videos, Tests, Independent study, Assignment preparation, Revision | 12 - 12.5 | 12 | 146 |
TOTAL | 150 hours/12.5cps |
Assessment
Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
Academic Writing Skills Exercise | Individual | 20% | 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Test | Individual | 35% | 2, 3 |
Essay | Individual | 45% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
Content
- Sociology, the Sociological Imagination and Social Stratification
- Society and Culture
- Sociological Theory and Methods
- Class
- Ethnicity, Race and Racism
- Gender, Sex and Sexuality
- Family
- Health
- Environment
- Media
- Globalisation and Neoliberalism
- Putting Sociology into Practice
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.