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Unit of Study SOC00118 - Introduction to Sociology (2019)

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Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 identify a 'social' issue
2 use the skills of 'critical social thinking' to analyse a specific social issue
3 apply social stratification concepts to such issues as social justice, power, identity, family, the workplace, religion, and technology
4 understand key sociological ideas and their application to aspects of social organisation.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. identify a 'social' issue
    • GA7:
  2. use the skills of 'critical social thinking' to analyse a specific social issue
    • GA2:
  3. apply social stratification concepts to such issues as social justice, power, identity, family, the workplace, religion, and technology
    • GA2:
  4. understand key sociological ideas and their application to aspects of social organisation.
    • GA4:

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