Unit Code:	SOC2CIS
Alternative Unit Code:	SOC3CIS
Unit Short Title:	CURRENT ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGY
Credit Points:	20
Unit Description:	In this subject we survey some of the critical issues current in sociology. Social division and exclusion have reemerged as major problems the world around. Globalization accentuates existing patterns of inequality and individualization. These trends raise the issue of social solidarity, or what it is that holds societies or communities together. In this context we examine problems of Fordism, place, work and consumption with special reference to cultural traffic. We employ these issues to establish something of the scope of sociology and the variety of theories, methods and approaches that consitute it.
Prerequisites:	30 credit points of first year sociology or anthropology, or Asian Studies, or co-ordinator's approval
Class Requirements:	one 3-hour lecture per week
Work Experience Indicator:	Not undertaking work experience in industry
Available to 'Study Abroad' students:	Y

Assessment:

Assessment Type	%	Comments
one 2,000-word essay	40
one 3,000-word essay	60	Third-year students will be expected to show a greater achievement of discipline-specific skills in their written work than second-year students.

Readings:

Reading Type	Title	Author	Publisher
Preliminary	Sociology: place time and division	Beilharz, P. & Hogan, T.	Oxford 2006
Recommended	Globalization	Bauman, Z.	Polity 2000
Recommended	McDonaldization of society	Ritzer, G.	Pine Forge 1996
Recommended	Community	Bauman, Z.	Polity 2001
Recommended	The Bauman reader	Beilharz, P.	Polity 2001

Unit Streams:

Teaching Period	Unit Class	Location
1   01-MAR-10   04-JUN-10	Day	BUNDOORA

Unit Coordinators:

Title	First Name	Last Name	Location	Primary Coordinator
Professor	Peter	Beilharz	BUNDOORA	Y