WORK, EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIETY
SOC3WES
2015
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This subject explores how our experience of work has changed since the beginning of western industrialisation. We consider both paid and unpaid work in the context of broad social, cultural, economic and technological changes, and the way in which these changes have shaped the personal meanings we attach to work. Topics include the growth of the professions, work-life balance, emotional and domestic labour, narratives of work and identity, and the impacts of globalisation on work.
School: School of Humanities & Social Sciences
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Anne-Maree Sawyer
Available to Study Abroad Students: Yes
Subject year level: Year Level 3 - UG
Exchange Students: Yes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 15 credit points of any first year sociology subject and 15 credit points of any Humanities and Social Sciences subject, or subject coordinator's approval.
Co-requisites: N/A
Incompatible subjects: SOC2WES
Equivalent subjects: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
01. Critically evaluate diverse positions/arguments regarding a relevant topic in sociology
- Activities:
- The essay requires that students evaluate arguments and diverse positions in the sociology of work
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Writing(Writing)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
02. Critically evaluate research and arguments on a relevant topic in the social sciences
- Activities:
- A 1200-word review of a research article on a key aspect of sociology of work (e.g. gendered division of labour in paid work, ethnic inequalities in the workforce, emotional labour in the domestic sphere)
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Writing(Writing)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
03. Present a sustained and complex written argument in sociology
- Activities:
- A 800-word preliminary exercise (on key changes brought about by the assembly line); a 2000-word essay requiring students to address a major issue in the sociology of work
- Related graduate capabilities and elements:
- Inquiry/ Research(Inquiry/ Research)
- Critical Thinking(Critical Thinking)
- Ethical & Cultural Awareness(Ethical & Cultural Awareness)
- Life-Long Learning(Life-Long Learning)
- Writing(Writing)
Melbourne, 2015, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Enrolment information:
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Anne-Maree Sawyer
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 31 - 43
One 2.0 hours lecture other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
TutorialWeek: 31 - 43
One 1.0 hours tutorial other recurrence on weekdays during the day from week 31 to week 43 and delivered via blended.
Assessments
| Assessment element | Comments | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|
| one 1,200-word assignment | 35 | 02 | |
| one 800-word preliminary exercise | 15 | 03 | |
| one 2,000-word assignment | 50 | 01, 03 |