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2025 unit information
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*
Nil
1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week
1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week
NIKERI (CBD):3 x 6-hour on-campus intensive (workshops/seminars) per trimester
1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)
1 x 1-hour online seminar per week
NIKERI (CBD):8 x 1-hour online seminars per trimester in weeks TBA
Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.
*Community Based Delivery (CBD), is only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)
The unit introduces students to the sociological study of everyday life, and the concepts and theories used by sociologists to analyse contemporary social issues and social change. Students will learn to apply the sociological imagination to areas such as health, family, youth, social movements, racism, crime, religion and sport. As part of this inquiry, this unit explores the role that race, gender, education, geographic location, age, culture, identity, and other structural factors play in shaping individual and communal life.
Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)
Identify and explain the key concepts and perspectives used in the sociological analysis of everyday life.
GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
Demonstrate oral, written and interpersonal communication skills.
GLO2: Communication
Use technology to find and present information.
GLO3: Digital literacy
Discuss social issues in both an Australian and global context.
GLO8: Global citizenship
1000 words or equivalent
30%
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
The texts and reading list for ASC102 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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