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Later Year Course

Offered By:	School of Sociology
Academic Career:	Undergraduate
Course Subject:	Sociology
Offered in:	Second Semester, 2012 and Second Semester, 2013
Unit Value:	6 units
Course Description:	The course surveys various sociological perspectives on global change and development. Section one charts the history of the concept of development, using studies from Russia to Central America and Africa. Section two examines resistance to social and political inequalities and their relationship to social change and development. Section three draws upon contemporary critiques of development and progress and examines the concept of globalisation. These approaches will be assessed through examining a range of contemporary issues, ranging from the advent of the Newly Industrialising Countries, global consumerism, environmental degradation and global institutions. Students will be encouraged to take these issues and apply them to their own specific fields of interest in global development.
Indicative Assessment:	2,500 word research essay (45%), three short course papers (45%) and tutorial participation (10%).
Workload:	22 hours of lectures and 10 hours of tutorials. Lectures will be taped and be available on WebCT
Areas of Interest:	Sociology
Requisite Statement:	Completion of first year, including any two first-year courses of Sociology or Anthropology or Political Science or with the permission of the lecturer.
Majors/Specialisations:	Development Studies, International Relations, Latin American Studies, Sociology, Asia-Pacific Politics, and Political Science
Academic Contact:	Dr Greig

Topics

The details for the course, Sociology of Third World Development (SOCY2030), apply to all of the following topics. Specific descriptions for Syllabus and Proposed Assessment that apply to each topic are detailed below.

NOTE: The Domestic Tuition Fees and International Tuition Fees published on this website apply to the 2012 academic year only. For those students continuing or commencing a course of study after 2012, a new schedule of fees will be published by 1 October of the preceding year (eg. by 1 October 2012 for 2013). All domestic and international tuition fee paying students continuing in their current program of study will not pay more than a 5% increase, compounded each year, from the year of commencement of their program. Students who are in a Commonwealth supported place can find their student contribution amounts at Fees and Charges.
 

Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Unit Value:	6 units

Unit Value	EFTSL
6	0.12500

Commonwealth Supported Students consume Student Learning Entitlement (SLE) on the census date for the course.
SLE is reduced by the equivalent full-time student load (EFTSL) value of the enrolment as indicated above for this course.

Course Fees:

Fee Category	For Students Commencing		Amount
	From Year	Until Year
Domestic Fee Paying Students	1994	2003	$1062
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2004	2004	$1752
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2005	2005	$2076
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2006	2006	$2076
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2007	2007	$2076
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2008	2008	$2076
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2009	2009	$2076
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2010	2010	$2148
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2011	2011	$2202
Domestic Fee Paying Students	2012	2012	$2250
International Fee Paying Students	1994	2003	$2340
International Fee Paying Students	2004	2004	$2646
International Fee Paying Students	2005	2005	$2850
International Fee Paying Students	2006	2006	$2850
International Fee Paying Students	2007	2007	$2850
International Fee Paying Students	2008	2008	$2946
International Fee Paying Students	2009	2009	$2946
International Fee Paying Students	2010	2010	$2946
International Fee Paying Students	2011	2011	$2946
International Fee Paying Students	2012	2012	$2946

Terms:

Second Semester, 2012
Class Number	Class Start Date	Last Day to Enrol	Census Date	Class End Date
9563	23 July 2012	03 August 2012	31 August 2012	02 November 2012
Second Semester, 2013
Class Number	Class Start Date	Last Day to Enrol	Census Date	Class End Date
8383	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

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