FNSO1110
10 units
1000 level
Course handbook
Description
Academic Literacies and Social Analysis offers an introduction to academic skills in the context of the discipline of sociology, the study of people, societies and cultures. Students will develop a sociological imagination that challenges their taken-for-granted and common sense understanding of the world and use sociological theory to critically investigate how social structure, social roles, social inequality, power and class impact people's lived experience. Students in this course will develop techniques and strategies to prepare them for tertiary study and for work in a range of professional fields by learning how to use a social science approach to examining issues in contemporary society.
Availability
Not currently offered.
This Course was last offered in Semester 2 - 2024.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Apply academic planning, research and referencing skills to academic writing.
2. Identify and evaluate social issues, institutions and social structures which exist in everyday life using a critical social scientific approach.
3. Understand and implement academic feedback.
4. Use library research skills for academic research.
5. Critically analyse social problems using sociological theory in written forms.
6. Critically assess academic and non academic texts.
Content
- The sociological imagination
- Sociological skills
- Social conflict and inequality
- Social cohesion
- Class and social stratification
- Social interaction
- Race and reconciliation
- Gender
- Social determinants of health
- Discourse and power
- Surveillance and crime
- Social and cultural capital
- Social research methods
Requisite
Program Enrolment Rule:
Available to students in the following program(s):
Diploma in Business [40127]
Diploma in Arts and Social Science [40317]
Diploma in Built Environment [40320]
Diploma in Information Technology [40321]
Diploma in Data Analytics [40330]
Course Replacement:
You cannot enrol if you have successfully completed any of the following course(s):
EPFNSO110
Assessment items
Quiz: Quizzes
Annotated Bibliography: Annotated Bibliography
Written Assignment: Introductory paragraph
Essay: Essay
Course outline
Course outline not yet available.
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