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SWK1107 | Introduction to Australian Society | ||
SCHOOL OF REGIONAL PROFESSIONAL STUDIES | |||
Credit Points: 15 | |||
Description: | |||
Students are introduced to a beginning understanding of the study of Australian society. The unit offers an introduction to frameworks of analysis for studying society. The unit will focus around the theme of society as a socio cultural construct. Society will be analysed through the concepts of class, race, ethnicity, religion and gender. Students will be introduced to major theoretical frameworks, which have been utilised to explain and understand the nature of society. Students will develop skills of applying tools of sociological analysis to their practice. | |||
This Unit is part of the following Courses / Unit Sets | |||
E11 | Bachelor of Social Work - Bunbury | ||
G27 | Bachelor of Social Work Honours - Bunbury | ||
Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005) | |||
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 3/31/2006 VET: 3/31/2006