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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
E11Bachelor of Social Work - Bunbury
G27Bachelor of Social Work Honours - Bunbury
 
 
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Last Updated - Higher Education: 31/03/2006 VET: 31/03/2006