Unit of Study SOCI1001 Introduction to Sociology (2025)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Education
Placement

No

Unit description

Provides an overview of concepts and traditions in sociology, as well as using critical thinking to explore social issues. It moves from the early work of classical sociologists to contemporary theorists. The unit focuses on enduring topics of social concern in Australia, for example work, family, health, sport and information technology.

Unit content

Module 1: Switching on your sociological imagination - origins and founding theories

Module 2: Contemporary concerns - fragmentation, consumption, globalisation and inequality

Module 3: Applying stratification - gender, ethnicity and race

Module 4: Our changing world - technology and work

Module 5: Bodily experiences - health, age and deviance

Module 6: It's a wrap - research and future directions for sociology

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1
Online	Term1,4	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

identify a 'social' issue

use the skills of 'critical social thinking' to analyse a specific social issue

apply social stratification concepts to such issues as social justice, power, identity, family, the workplace, religion, and technology

understand key sociological ideas and their application to aspects of social organisation.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Short written response	40%
Essay	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Short written response	40%
Essay	60%

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