Not currently offered
Course code

FNSO1110

Units

10 units

Level

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

This course is only available to students enrolled in:

Diploma in Arts and Social Science [40317]

Diploma in Built Environment [40320]

Diploma in Business [40127]

Diploma in Data Analytics [40330]

Diploma in Information Technology [40321]

Undergraduate Certificate in Construction Management [40296]

Undergraduate Certificate in Criminology and Human Services [40285]

Undergraduate Certificate in Health and Welfare [40306]

Undergraduate Certificate in Information Technology [40287]

Undergraduate Certificate in Special and Inclusive Support in Education [40292]


Assessment items

Quiz: Quizzes

Annotated Bibliography: Annotated Bibliography

Written Assignment: Introductory paragraph

Essay: Essay

Course outline