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SOCY336 A Sociology of Families and Family Lives

Credit Points 6
Offering Not offered in 2010
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites SOCY100 or CRIM100
Co-requisites None
Restrictions SOCY236
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Gail Hawkes (ghawkes@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit will examine past and current sociological theories and deconstructions of families and family lives. It will equip students with the necessary tools to critically examine the range and complexity of intimate relationships that are currently experienced as 'families' in the Anglophone West. Equipped with these tools, students will be able to range across a number of substantive issues: fatherhood, fertility and technology; children and childhood; popular stereotypes of 'the family'; 'fur children'; same sex parenting; aging and intimacy; kinship and intimacy; family violence.
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Family: Changing Families, Changing Times
ISBN: 9781741144543
Poole, M. (ed), Allen and Unwin 2004
Text refers to: Semester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Annotated Bibliography 30%
Assessment Notes
Build an annotated bibliography for a substantive dimension of 'families and family lives'.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-8
Essay 60% 5000
Assessment Notes
Essay
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7
Weekly Postings 10%
Assessment Notes
Assessed weekly discussion board postings.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-3 GA: 1-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate confidence and competency in working with interactive learning and assessment tools online;
  2. exercise close-reading skills, while developing theoretical and analytical capacities;
  3. demonstrate ability to integrate analytical research and writing skills and to apply theoretical frameworks to empirical examples.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will deepen their knowledge of the discourse and major concerns of the discipline of sociology in relation to the study of the sociology of families and family lives. Students will be taught via lectures and online discussions and assessed in all assessment tasks. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
These skills will be developed in the online group work self- and peer assessments. Communication skills will be assessed in all their assessment tasks. 		True True
3 Global Perspectives
The theoretical framework of the unit encompasses the notion of 'inner globalisation' in relation to family membership and experience. This component will be assessed in their assessment tasks. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
The annotated bibliography and the close reading assessment both entail acquisition of literacy skills at a high level. This skill will be an assessable component of their written assessment tasks. 		True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The unit offers insights that are directly related to student's lived experience. This component is assessed in their assessent tasks. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be assessed on their ability to deconstruct the essay question and to integrate theory and literature into their answer. Students will need to work out how to address the question and where the most appropriate material is to answer the question. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
The substantive and critical content will foster understandings of diversity in lifestyle choices and will be assessed in their assessments. 		True True
8 Team Work
The online group assessment requires, encourages and rewards effective collaborative and supportive teamwork. 		True True True
   

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