Bachelor of Social Science (BSocSc) - Course List
Information valid for students commencing 2019
Bachelor of Social Science
Part A
Compulsory
20 units comprising -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
SOSC1000 | 2 | Society, Challenges and Solutions: Introduction to the Social Sciences |
POLS1102 | 2 | Introduction to Politics & Public Policy |
POLS2401 | 2 | Politics & the Economy |
SOCY2019 | 2 | Introduction to social research |
SOCY2339 | 2 | Introducing Quantitative Research |
SOCY3329 | 2 | Qualitative Social Research |
POLY3000 | 2 | Policy Development and Practice |
SOSC3201 | 2 | Research, Planning and Design |
SOSC3202 | 4 | Project |
Part B
Major
Development
6 units for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS1701 | 2 | Introduction to International Inequality & Development |
SOSC2288 | 2 | Community Development: Local and International Practices |
ANTH3019 | 2 | Development Practice & Social Impact |
6 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ANTH2060 | 2 | Environmental Anthropology |
ANTH2250 | 2 | Medical Anthropology: Local and Global Perspectives |
ANTH2260 | 2 | Applied Anthropology and Indigenous Territories |
POLS2101 | 2 | Indigenous Politics & Policy |
POLS2402 | 2 | Globalisation & International Political Economy |
POLS2404 | 2 | The Political Dynamics of Development and Resistance |
POLS2603 | 2 | Gender and Global Politics |
SOCY2020 | 2 | Sociology of the Environment |
SOCY2220 | 2 | Globalisation & Development in Post-Colonial Societies |
Social and Public Policy
6 units for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLY1000 | 2 | Australian Social Policy |
POLS2101 | 2 | Indigenous Politics & Policy |
POLS3102 | 2 | Governance & Australian Public Policy |
6 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
POLS1101 | 2 | Introduction to Australian Politics |
PUBH1103 | 2 | Health Systems & Policy |
POLS2201 | 2 | Australian Foreign Policy |
POLS2402 | 2 | Globalisation & International Political Economy |
POLS3115 | 2 | Environmental Politics & Policy |
CRIM2120 | 2 | Australian Crime Policy |
SOCY2040 | 2 | Families, Households and the Life Course |
Health and Society
6 units for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
SOCY1030 | 2 | Introduction to Health, Illness and Society |
ANTH2250 | 2 | Medical Anthropology: Local and Global Perspectives |
SOCY3020 | 2 | Medicine, Markets and Health: Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness |
and 6 units from -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
ECON2460 | 2 | Health Economics |
HIST2030 | 2 | History of Medicine, Science and the Body |
PUBH1103 | 2 | Health Systems & Policy |
PUBH2004 | 2 | Understanding Health Behaviours |
PUBH3001 | 2 | Health Services Planning & Evaluation |
SOSC2190 | 2 | Human Bodies, Culture & Society |
SOSC2288 | 2 | Community Development: Local and International Practices |
Environment and Society
6 units for -
Course Code | Units | Course Title |
GEOS1100 | 2 | Environment & Society |
SOCY2020 | 2 | Sociology of the Environment |
POLS3115 | 2 | Environmental Politics & Policy |
Electives
Up to 16 units of elective courses approved by the Executive Dean