| Effective Term: | 2025/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Education, Arts & Community |
| Unit Title: | The Sociological Imagination |
| Unit ID: | SOSCI1002 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | Nil |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | (BAFND1001 and SOCIO1001) |
| ASCED: | 090301 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit provides an introduction to sociological thinking, linking personal and public issues. This unit will focus on topics such as gender, class, ethnicity, youth and relationships to explore social interactions and inequalities. Students will reflect on their own positions in society. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | |  | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Examine and apply sociological thinking. |
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| K2. | Identify elements of an approach to sociology based on sociological theory. |
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| K3. | Express critical understandings of issues such as place, gender, inequality, youth and race and ethnicity. |
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| K4. | Engage with methods of self-reflection. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Apply sociological thinking as a way of developing a critical understanding of social issues. |
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| S2. | Identify and critique inequalities in society. |
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| S3. | Position the self in a reflexive way in new understandings. |
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| S4. | Reflect critically on personal learning experiences. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Research and critically reflect on social issues such as gender, youth, and inequality. |
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| A2. | Articulate a sociological analysis of key issues facing individuals within their social environment. |
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| A3. | Participate in discussion on social issues. |
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| A4. | Reflect on changes in personal understandings through engagement in sociological thinking. |
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| Unit Content: |
The unit may cover the following topics in detail: •What is sociology? •What can sociology tell us? •Sociological methods and sources •Gender, sex and sexuality •Class •Race and ethnicity •Youth and age •Environment and society •Health and illness •Families and relationships •Sport and society •Careers in sociology |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A2 | Weekly activities including research-based short-answer responses and quizzes. | Weekly Moodle tasks | 40-50% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, S4, A1, A2, A4 | Develop an annotated bibliography of sources such as peer-reviewed journal articles, media articles and government documents relevant to the Major Essay. | Annotated bibliography | 20-30% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, S1, S2, A1, A2, A3 | Develop a Major Essay based on a social issue or sociological approach studied during the semester. | Major Essay | 30-40% |
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