Social Being: Personal & Social Identities (SOSC1001)
Course level
Undergraduate
Units
2
Duration
One Semester
Class hours
Lecture 2 Hours/ Week
Tutorial 1 Hour/ Week
Incompatible
SS100
Companion
ANTH1008 or POLS1101 or PSCY1030 or SOCY1010 or SOSC1011
Assessment methods
Poster/Presentation, Student Led Tutorial, Essay and Take Home Exam
Course enquiries
Study Abroad
This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.
This course is not currently offered, please contact the school or faculty of your program.
Course description
This course examines a variety of social science perspectives on identity and its influences in social contexts. Emphases will include various phenomena that impact on the formation of identity such as culture, ethnicity and institutions. Concepts will be studied thematically via relevant social and cultural issues. Students will be introduced to reading and understanding social science theory and research data and working in groups.