ANTH1102 Global Change, Local Responses [UG]
ANTHROPOLOGICAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 |
| Old unit code |
150.102 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to (1) describe and evaluate various theoretical perspectives used to explain social change and inequality at both the local and global level (modernisation, dependency, globalisation, structure/agency, social class, race/ethnicity); (2) locate social change and inequality within some of the various social and historical contexts in which they emerge(d) (colonialism, developmentalism, migration, modernisation, urbanisation, globalisation/transnationalism); and (3) confidently and skilfully use library resources (books, journals, Internet data) and research tools (the catalogue, Internet search engines, electronic or indexing databases). |
| Content |
What does globalisation mean at local levels? In the face of so much 'progress', why are many people still so poor and others so rich? This unit explores how people's lives have been transformed by colonialism, economic development and globalisation. Focusing particularly on Australia and our region, it examines various social science perspectives on inequality, migration, urbanisation, work, modernisation, globalisation, culture, communication and the environment. |
| Assessment |
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Professor John Gordon |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley), Albany |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
Contact hours—lectures: 2 hrs per week; tutorials: 1 hr per week (over 10 weeks)
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