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SOCY101 Understanding Everyday Life

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study Online Level
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus C - Internet access required
Armidale Semester 2 On Campus C - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites None
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Eric Livingston (elivings@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit examines the structures and processes of everyday life, stressing foundational issues in sociology, and introducing contemporary approaches to sociological research. The content of the unit may vary from year to year, but ranges from topics concerning embodiment, queuing behaviour, and ordinary conversation to issues in popular culture, the family and the play of games.
Materials Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Practical Assignment 1 15%
Assessment Notes
Practical assignment
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-7
Practical Assignment 2 10%
Assessment Notes
Practical assignment
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-7
Take Home Exam 75%
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-4 GA: 1-7

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. see, describe, and analyse the lived-work of the social order;
  2. describe and analyse the relationship between this lived-work and sociological inquiry in concrete settings;
  3. distinguish between sociologies of the witnessable social order and sociologies of the hidden order;
  4. engage in exploratory work.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The unit is a foundational unit in sociology. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Understand and express understanding of social processes. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Applicable to the understanding of everyday social life. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Evaluate and assess information based on practical knowledge, experience, and enquiry. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Develops perspective and skills applicable throughout life. 		True True True
6 Problem Solving
Formulating and investigating issues involving the organization of familiar setting of social interaction. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Commitment in the unit to the observable social world. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Study of collaborative work of the social order; fostering of collaborative discussion; responsibilities for completing assessed work. 		True True True
   

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