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An introduction to the major themes in contemporary sociology in a way that is relevant to New Zealand culture and society.
***Web Description***Soci 111 introduces you to the discipline of Sociology. Sociology explores people and society. It examines our social institutions; our families, the state, and social relationships like gender and ethnicity, to help make sense of how we both experience and interpret our rapidly changing world. As you can see from the lecture schedule, sociological interest in life is wide ranging. In Exploring Society the topics covered include: gender, sexuality, sport, food, families, animals, health, death, moral panic, consumerism, and everyday technologies like mobile phones and facebook. There are many sociologies. In this course, you will be introduced to a version that is concerned with understanding and explaining the different types of social relationships that constitute diverse social worlds, ranging from music and food to the welfare state and death. Sociologists use a variety of methods to gather information and analyse anything from major world events to seemingly mundane everyday practices. As you attend lectures and workshops in Soci 111 you will hopefully begin to grasp some of the excitement of this process of analysis. You will be involved as both participants and contributors in analysing some of the major trends and events of our time. You will be asked to make use of and extend the basic sociological method – asking questions – about taken-for-granted social worlds, activities and events. In the process, you will be introduced to critical ways of thinking, and we will encourage you to develop sociological imaginations. Such imaginations will allow you to make connections between personal experiences, and the social and historical contexts within which such experiences are produced. They will hopefully provoke you to raise questions that enable you to critically reflect on both the connections, and how you make sense of them. Whether you intend continuing in sociology or not, we hope you will find the course to be rewarding.
***Learning Outcomes***As a result of doing this course we hope that you will gain a greater appreciation of sociology as a discipline; that you will develop a good understanding of the scope and potential of the sociological endeavour; and that you will begin to lay a foundation of research, reading, reflection and writing skills that will stand you in good stead for involvement in further courses whether within the School of Sociology and Anthropology or not.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------***General Timetable Notes***Lecture Schedule:1. Feb 24 Intro. to course and themes - Camilla/Roslyn2. Feb 26 Intro. to course and themes - Camilla/Roslyn3. March 3 Sociology and Methodology - Ruth4. March 5 Food and bodies - Carolyn 5. March 10 Exploring Gender - Rosemary6. March 12 Exploring Sexualities - Rosemary7. March 17 Gender & Sexualities in NZ - Rosemary8. March 19 Sport and bodies - Camilla9. March 24 Sport, race and ethnicities - Camilla10. March 26 Food and the Family - Carolyn 11. March 31 What is a Family - Lyndon12. April 2 Family Life in NZ - LyndonApril 3 - April 26 Break for three weeks 13. April 28 How Animals Shape our Lives: Pets - Alison 14. April 30 How Animals Shape our Lives: Farming - Alison 15. May 5 Exploring the biomedical model - Anne16. May 7 Biomedicine and health care - Anne17. May 12 Is death social? - Ruth18. May 14 Dead bodies for life - Ruth19. May 19 Moral panic - Brenda Mackie20. May 21 Consumption - Karyn Stewart21. May 26 Technologies and everyday life: Mobile phone - Roslyn22. May 28 Technologies and everyday life: Online - Roslyn23. June 2 Sport and media: making nations - Camilla 24. June 4 Course Summary & Exam Preparation - Camilla/Roslyn----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------***Tutorial Notes***1. March 3/5 Introduction2. March 10/12 Library exercise/Methods3. March 17/19 Gender/Sexuality 4. March 24/26 Sport5. March 31/April 2 Food 6. April 28/30 Family7. May 5/7 Animals8. May 12/14 Health9. May 19/21 Death10. May 26/28 Moral panic/Consumer Society11. June 2/4 Technology/Exam prep
Camilla Obel
Carolyn Morris , Alison Loveridge , Rosemary Ann du Plessis , Ruth McManus , Lyndon Fraser , Anne Scott and Roslyn Kerr
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***General Textbook Notes***There is no textbook for this course. Instead, you can purchase a course reader from the Central Library for around $20. This reader contains articles relevant to each of the topics covered and will help you in your understanding of the lecture and workshop material.
Library portalPathways This course links into several school course pathways: Pathway two: Politics and Policy Pathway four: Technologies, Markets and Organisations Pathway five: Health and Science Pathway six: Kinship, Gender and Embodiment Pathway seven: Ritual and Performance
***Department Notes***This course has no prerequisite. It should be noted, though, that the prerequisite foradvancing to 200 level is the successful completion of one 100 level courses.
***Conditions***
Domestic fee $640.00
International fee $2,670.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Language, Social and Political Sciences .