Contemporary Culture and Conflict

Course aim

To build on students' knowledge of the sociological perspectives by exploring the political and economic significance of popular culture.

Course content

Students will develop advanced understanding of sociology by examining popular culture from perspectives of cultural sociology and will engage in core debates about the role of culture in social life and reflect on their own and other cultural worlds. Emphasising the centrality and complexity of culture in contemporary global society, students will be introduced to a broad range of competing perspectives in the field, the institutions that represent culture in particular ways, the interrelationship between culture and capitalism, and culture as a site of domestic and international conflict. The course will cover societal shifts with reference to the rise of consumption, leisure and tourism, youth culture, media, nostalgia and history wars. The course subscribes to a learner-centred learning approach which allows students to obtain ‘deep’ knowledge in a collaborative, reflexive and systematic fashion.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
SOCU 1003	The Social World
SOCU 1002	Sociological Perspectives

The listed prerequisites, or with approval from the Program Director.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, MAGILL
Lecture	1 hour x 10 weeks
Lecture (online)	1 hour x 2 weeks
Tutorial	2 hours x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAGILL, ONLINE
External (Online)	3 hours x 10 weeks
External (Online)	3 hours x 2 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Continuous assessment, Major essay, Minor essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4A)
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