Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Pauline Johnson
Contact via pauline.johnson@mq.edu.au
W6A 833
email for appointment
Sandey Fitzgerald
Tutor
James Dorahy
Contact via 8078
W6A 838
TBA
Sandey Fitzgerald
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
12cp at 100 level or above
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
Modernity is characterised by a number of specific developments such as: democracy, capitalism, industrialism, nationalism, individualism and bureaucratisation. These are partly antagonistic, partly complementary tendencies. In this unit we will be examining these diverse trends through the prism of a range of classical theories of modern society. We will consider from among the following: Marx, Nietzsche, Weber, Durkheim, Mead, the Frankfurt School and Foucault. None of these has the key but we suggest that all remain a vital source of illumination into tendencies and potentials of the contemporary world.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
All four tutorial exercises are to be to be submitted via Turnitin by 5pm of the due dates. The journals are to be handed in to Faculty Administration in the Sociology box by 5pm on the due date.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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journal | 30% | No | Ongoing |
Exercise 1 | 15% | No | week 4 |
Exercise 2 | 15% | No | week 6 |
Exercise 3 | 20% | No | week 9 |
Exercise 4 | 20% | No | week 13 |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 30%
This unit requires building up your skills in reading some challenging social theory and you will need to come to all classes ( lectures and tutorials). The tutorials are also the place where you can prepare yourself for the written tutorial exercises. Tutorials require your attendance and participation. They are your “space” where you can raise questions, discuss and clarify readings, concepts or other questions around the unit. Only you can make the tutorial work for yourself. Thus, you will need to prepare for each class. This will mean doing the readings for each week and attend the lecture. In addition to the participation in the tutorial you are required to keep a workbook. The journal should contain your reflections on lectures, the tutorial and the readings. It should also be about questions that come to your mind as you prepare for each week, comments about topics, summaries of the readings or questions that emerge as we go through the course week by week. We will collect the workbook at the end of the course in order to be able to assess your engagement with the material of the course. The workbook is part of the participation mark (30%).
Due: week 4
Weighting: 15%
Tutorial Exercises 1 - 4 You are required to write four (4) tutorial exercises. Each exercise has to be 600 words long. The task is to choose one (1) of the provided questions from a week (before the due date of the exercise) and answer it by using lecture material, the required reading(s) and the suggested readings as provided in the outline. 600 words is not much. You will need to be concise and get straight to the point. We are not asking for a summary of a theorist‟s work but we are asking you to work out a specific idea about modern societies as developed by a theorist.
Due: week 6
Weighting: 15%
Tutorial Exercises 1 - 4 You are required to write four (4) tutorial exercises. Each exercise has to be 600 words long. The task at hand is to choose one (1) of the provided questions from a week (before the due date of the exercise) and answer it by using lecture material, the required reading(s) and the suggested readings as provided in the outline. 600 words is not much. You will need to be concise and get straight to the point. We are not asking for a summary of a theorist's work but we are asking you to work out a specific idea about modern societies as developed by a theorist.
Due: week 9
Weighting: 20%
You are required to write four (4) tutorial exercises. Each exercise has to be 600 words long. The task at hand is to choose one (1) of the provided questions from a week (before the due date of the exercise) and answer it by using lecture material, the required reading(s) and the suggested readings as provided in the outline. 600 words is not much. You will need to be concise and get straight to the point. We are not asking for a summary of a theorist's work but we are asking you to work out a specific idea about modern societies as developed by a theorist.
Due: week 13
Weighting: 20%
Tutorial Exercises 1 - 4 You are required to write four (4) tutorial exercises. Each exercise has to be 600 words long. The task at hand is to choose one (1) of the provided questions from a week (before the due date of the exercise) and answer it by using lecture material, the required reading(s) and the suggested readings as provided in the outline. 600 words is not much. You will need to be concise and get straight to the point. We are not asking for a summary of a theorist‟s work but we are asking you to work out a specific idea about modern societies as developed by a theorist.
Technologies used. This unit has a presence on ilearn (ilearn.mq.edu.au) and you will be required to have regular access to a reliable broadband internet connection and a computer.
Weekly Readings
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