ASC308 - Social Theory Rewired: Power, Passion and Post Humanism

Year:

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online, Community Based Delivery (CBD)*

Credit point(s): 1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Prerequisite:

ASC101, ASC102

Corequisite: Nil
Incompatible with: ASC203, ASC408
Study commitment

Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Scheduled learning activities - campus

1 x 1-hour on-campus lecture per week

1 x 1-hour on-campus seminar per week

Scheduled learning activities - online

1 x 1-hour online lecture per week (recordings provided)

1 x 1-hour online seminar per week

Note:

*Community Based Delivery (CBD): only for students of the National Indigenous Knowledges, Education, Research and Innovation NIKERI Institute (located at the Waurn Ponds campus)

Content

The unit explores the nature of ‘the social’, ‘society’ and the individual in sociological thought. It introduces students to various approaches to society such as those advocated by neo-liberalism, feminism, critical race theories and queer theories. Drawing on posthumanist and intersectional framework we also examine contemporary social, political and economic issues.

  • develop critical thinking through analytical and conceptual thought
  • practice interpretation of theoretical texts
  • demonstrate reasoned points of view
  • design and produce critical and evaluative written work
  • locate social theory within contemporary issues and critically evaluate the multiple understandings of the social

Unit Fee Information

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