SOC102 Social Inequality (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Sociology (SOCIO)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
Inequality is one of the big social and political issues of the new millennium. This subject focuses on current patterns of social inequality in contemporary society with particular reference to Australia. Topics covered include: socio-biology, the family, age, gender, race and ethnicity, regional inequalities, income and wealth distribution, social class, social mobility, unemployment and the underclass, UK, USA, Asia and the Pacific region.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 2 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Bathurst |
| Internal | Wagga Wagga |
| Distance | Bathurst | Session 3 |
| Distance | Bathurst |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: SOC102
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Assumed Knowledge:
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
- be able to demonstrate a basic knowledge of major theories of inequality in societies; and
- be able to demonstrate the basic skills needed to understand forms of inequality in their own society.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
Thinking sociologically about inequality: . Inequality in pre-modern societies . Class and stratification in capitalist societies . Incomes and inequalities -Dimensions of inequality in Australia: .work, poverty and unemployment in the Australian .welfare state .gender and inequality .race and racism -Education and inequality: .inequality and education .global dimensions of inequality: Australia and the Third World.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.