The Graduate Diploma in Sociology is a 36-unit program offered by the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The course is normally completed in two semesters full-time or six semesters part-time.
It articulates with the Master of Arts (Sociology), and the sequentially developed topics allow progression through the two awards.
Applicants must normally hold an approved degree or equivalent qualification from an approved tertiary institution. However, the Faculty Board may, under certain circumstances and subject to specific conditions, admit others who can show evidence of fitness for candidature.
Credit may be granted, on application, for comparable prior studies.
The aims of the Graduate Diploma in Sociology are to:
Following successful completion of the Graduate Diploma in Sociology students will be able to:
To qualify for the Graduate Diploma in Sociology, a student must complete 36 units with a grade of P or NGP or better in each topic, according to the following program of study below.
Not all topics necessarily are available in a given year.
Students must complete 9 units of core topics and 27 units of elective topics.
SOCI8005 Social Theory (4.5 units)
SOCI8010 Sociological Research: Design, Methods and Ethics (4.5 units)
Select 27 units from the following:
SOCI8006 Introduction to Sociology (4.5 units)
SOCI8007 Media, Culture and Society: An Introduction to Sociology (4.5 units)
SOCI8009 Love, Death and Power: An Introduction to Social Theory (4.5 units)
SOCI8011 Sociology of Work (4.5 units)
SOCI8012 Environmental Sociology (4.5 units)
SOCI8013 Metropolitan Life (4.5 units)
SOCI8015 Sociology of Deviance (4.5 units)
SOCI8017 Culture and Society (4.5 units)
SOCI8018 The Challenges of Globalisation (4.5 units)
SOCI8020 Racism, Recognition and Identity (4.5 units)
SOCI8022 Gender and Sexuality (4.5 units)
SOCI8023 Sociology of Intimacy (4.5 units)
SOCI8024 Criminology (4.5 units)
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