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Course and Unit Catalogue 2012

Armidale, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA

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SOCY360 Social Inequalities

Updated: 17 November 2011

Unit Information
Additional Information

Credit Points	6
Offering	Not offered in 2012
Intensive School(s)	None
Supervised Exam	There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites	12cps at 100 level in SOCY or any 24 cps
Co-requisites	None
Restrictions	SOCY211 or SOCY311
Notes	None
Combined Units	None
Coordinator(s)	Cary Bennett (cbenne30@une.edu.au)
Unit Description	This unit explores sociological approaches to social inequality and difference in terms of key social variables including class and status, race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and age. Drawing on a range of debates, theories and empirical research around prejudice and discrimination, social justice and citizenship, globalisation and development, health and illness, social movements and social policy, we consider ways in which inequalities are produced, reproduced and experienced. The unit focus is on both Australian and global inequalities.
Materials	Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Disclaimer	Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Assessment

Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.

Learning Outcomes (LO)

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

demonstrate a deep knowledge and understanding of social inequality in relation to class, race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality and age;
critically evaluate and apply theoretical and conceptual knowledge in relation to social inequality; and
demonstrate abilities in research and written analysis.

Graduate Attributes (GA)

	Attribute	Taught	Assessed	Practised
1	Knowledge of a Discipline The unit covers a wide area in understanding the various dimensions of theory and practice in relation to social inequality. It is taught through lectures, podcasts and directed reading and assessed in all assessment tasks.
2	Communication Skills This unit assesses style and clarity of argument in the written assessments presented by the student.
3	Global Perspectives Students will be taught sociology as a global discipline without national boundaries. This will be an assessed component in all assessment tasks.
4	Information Literacy Students are encouraged to develop research skills in identifying the most useful sources of information and critically examine those sources. This is an assessed component in all assessment tasks.
5	Life-Long Learning Through completing the assessments, students will be provided with the necessary life-long skills to be able to research, write and discuss social issues.
6	Problem Solving At all levels of learning and assessment, emphasis is placed upon the application of acquired knowledge to current experience in wider society.
7	Social Responsibility The unit emphasises the significance of challenging existing theories of class in relation to existing inequality.
8	Team Work Students will practise their teamwork skills by participation in tutorials in class or online.