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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Social Analysis

  • Unit Code

    CSV1102

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit offers an introduction to social analysis. It introduces key theoretical approaches in the social sciences through an analysis of selected aspects of Australian society. The unit applies functionalist, interactionist, pluralist, feminist and Marxist theoretical frameworks to topics such as family formation, gender, ethnicity, class, and the role of the State in regulating public and private lives.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Offshore delivery

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CBS1103, CBS4103, CSV4102, SAN1103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply sociological perspectives to an analysis of changes occurring in families, social inequality, and the role of the State in Australian society.
  2. Demonstrate familiarity with a range of policy initiatives and empirical research addressing the themes of the unit.
  3. Demonstrate familiarity with a range of theoretical approaches used to analyse modern industrial societies.
  4. Describe the difference between description and analysis.
  5. Describe the different sociological explanations that reflect the diversity of political positions to be found in Australian society.

Unit Content

  1. Critical analysis of theoretical approaches: Functionalism, Marxism, Interactionism, Feminism, Pluralism.
  2. Policy initiatives and empirical researchthat underpins multiculturalism, identity, ethnicity, gender, globalisation and hegemony.
  3. Range of sociological explanations for the diverse political positions on issues occurring in Australian society.
  4. Sociological perspectives to understand changes in family formation, social inequity and the role of the state in Australian society.
  5. Terms of description and analysis in examining social issues.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and on-line participation.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
ExaminationExam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
ExaminationExamination50%

Text References

  • ^ Ballantine, J., & Roberts, K. (2013). Our social world. Introduction to sociology. (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Holmes, D., & Pritchard Hughes, R. (2012). Australian sociology: A changing society (3rd ed.). Frenchs Forest, Australia: Pearson Education.
  • Jureidini, R., Kenny, S., & Poole, M. (2003). Sociology: Australian connections (3rd ed.). St Leonards: Allen & Unwin.
  • Leon-Guerrero, A., & Zentgraf, K. (2009). (Eds.). Contemporary readings in social problems. London, United Kingdom: Pine Forge Press an imprint of SAGE.
  • Massey, G. (2011). The ways of social change. London: Pine Forge Press.
  • Ritzer, G. (2014). The essentials of sociology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Willis, E. (2011). The Sociological quest. (5th ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Journal References

  • Australian Quarterly
  • Australian Journal of Social Issues
  • Family Matters
  • Feminist Review
  • Journal of Australian Political Economy
  • Journal of Social Issues
  • Journal of Sociology
  • Quadrant
  • Youth Studies Australia
  • Social Alternatives

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Arts and Humanities

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Introduction to Social Analysis

  • Unit Code

    CSV1102

  • Year

    2016

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    1

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online

Description

This unit offers an introduction to social analysis. It introduces key theoretical approaches in the social sciences through an analysis of selected aspects of Australian society. The unit applies functionalist, interactionist, pluralist, feminist and Marxist theoretical frameworks to topics such as family formation, gender, ethnicity, class, and the role of the State in regulating public and private lives.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

Offshore delivery

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded CBS1103, CBS4103, CSV4102, SAN1103

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply sociological perspectives to an analysis of changes occurring in families, social inequality, and the role of the State in Australian society.
  2. Demonstrate familiarity with a range of policy initiatives and empirical research addressing the themes of the unit.
  3. Demonstrate familiarity with a range of theoretical approaches used to analyse modern industrial societies.
  4. Describe the difference between description and analysis.
  5. Describe the different sociological explanations that reflect the diversity of political positions to be found in Australian society.

Unit Content

  1. Critical analysis of theoretical approaches: Functionalism, Marxism, Interactionism, Feminism, Pluralism.
  2. Policy initiatives and empirical researchthat underpins multiculturalism, identity, ethnicity, gender, globalisation and hegemony.
  3. Range of sociological explanations for the diverse political positions on issues occurring in Australian society.
  4. Sociological perspectives to understand changes in family formation, social inequity and the role of the state in Australian society.
  5. Terms of description and analysis in examining social issues.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, tutorials and on-line participation.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
ExaminationExam50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentAssignment 150%
ExaminationExamination50%

Text References

  • ^ Ballantine, J., Roberts, K., & Korgen, K. (2015). Our social world. Introduction to sociology. (5th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Holmes, D., & Pritchard Hughes, R. (2012). Australian sociology: A changing society. (3rd ed.). Frenchs Forest, Australia: Pearson Education.
  • Jureidini, R., Kenny, S., & Poole, M. (2003). Sociology: Australian connections. (3rd ed.). St Leonards, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
  • Leon-Guerrero, A., & Zentgraf, K. (2009). (Eds.). Contemporary readings in social problems. London, United Kingdom: Pine Forge Press an imprint of SAGE.
  • Massey, G. (2011). The ways of social change. London, United Kingdom: Pine Forge Press.
  • Ritzer, G. (2014). The essentials of sociology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  • Willis, E. (2011). The sociological quest. (5th ed.). Melbourne, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

Journal References

  • Australian Quarterly
  • Australian Journal of Social Issues
  • Family Matters
  • Feminist Review
  • Journal of Australian Political Economy
  • Journal of Social Issues
  • Journal of Sociology
  • Quadrant
  • Youth Studies Australia
  • Social Alternatives

Website References

^ Mandatory reference

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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