Graduate Certificate in Arts (Social Theory)
Course code: 089ST
The graduate certificate provides students with a general understanding of key concepts and issues in social theory. Students undertaking this short and concentrated program of study will develop valuable skills of analysis and critique. The certificate is an entry point to an articulated structure of higher degree study in social theory.
Course coordinator: Dr John Rundell.
School: Ashworth Program in Social Theory, School of Social and Environmental Enquiry
Course objectives:
Students who complete the graduate certificate will:
. understand the major social theories relevant to contemporary critical inquiry;
. demonstrate critical engagement with significant debates in the discipline;
. develop skills of critical analysis in relation to specific areas of social theory.
Entry requirement:
The minimum entry requirement is:
an undergraduate degree in any discipline
Course intake:
February (Semester One) and July (Semester Two)
Applications:
Applications close 31 October (February intake) and 31 May (July intake). Late applications may be accepted, subject to the availability of places.
Course structure:
Duration: 1 semester full-time / up to 2 years part-time. The course can only be completed in one semester full-time by students in the July intake.
1 core subject
3 elective subjects
Total 50 points - subjects are 12.5 points each, unless indicated otherwise.
Core subjects:
136-074 Modernity Revolution to Social Movements (semester one)
136-077 Psychoanalysis and Social Theory (semester two)
Elective subjects:
Social theory / History and Philosophy of Science
136-037 Biotechnology in Modern Society
136-040 Science, Technology and Society
136-073 Critical Theories
136-075 Identities in Conflict
136-076 Social Theory and Political Analysis
136-078 The Critical Imagination
136-210 Minds and Madness
Cinema studies
107-037 Film and the Body
107-079 Feminist Film and Television Theory
Criminology
191-428 Crime and Culture
English
106-036 Postmodernism
Geography and environmental studies
121-015 Development and the Third World
121-019 Urbanisation and Urban Development
121-026 The Mobile World: Migration & Tourism
121-457 Ethnic Nationalism and the Modern World Philosophy
161-013 Contemporary Political Philosophy
161-020 Phenomenology & Existentialism
Political science
166-034 An/Other China: Theorising Everyday Life
Sociology
166-085 Identities & Action: Social Movements
Faculty of Architecture
702-305 Theories of Architecture
Subject descriptions:
Details of subjects are provided in the Undergraduate Handbook