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SOC401 Advanced Social Inequality (8)

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. The subject critically analyses and evaluates diversity, social justice, social change, human rights and ethical dimensions of social inequality using principles evident in sociological theory.  Sociological theories of inequality are presented and applied to national and global social inequalities.  Topics covered include: socio-biology, the family, age, gender, race and ethnicity, regional inequality, income and wealth distribution, social class, social mobility, unemployment and the underclass, nationally and globally.

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Session 2
OnlineWagga Wagga Campus
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Subject information

Duration Grading System School:
One sessionHD/FLSchool of Humanities and Social Sciences

Enrolment restrictions

Related subject(s)
SOC102 This is a postgraduate level social inequality subject and students are not required to have completed SOC102 in order to enrol in SOC401.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
  • be able to identify, evaluate and critically review where and how social inequality occurs in Australia and globally
  • be able to investigate and analyse current events, past injustices, and patterns of social inequality using sociological theory
  • be able to demonstrate an ability to critically review, analyse, summarise and synthesise sociological scholarship and research
  • be able to demonstrate cognitive and creative skills to exercise critical thinking and judgements in identifying and solving problems of social inequality with intellectual independence
  • be able to construct a sociological argument explaining and analysing social inequalities and communicating these in writing using appropriate referencing skills

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:
  • Theorising Social Inequality
  • Material, Political and Cultural Spheres of Inequality
  • Sites of Inequality in Daily Life
  • Global inequalities

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The information contained in the 2017 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 25 August 2017. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.