Relationships: Sociology and Everyday Life - SOCA1004

 
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 
 
School:  School of Social Sciences and International Studies
 
 
Course Outline: http://sociology.arts.unsw.edu.au/
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Excluded: SOCA5005, SOCC1231, SOCI1230
 
 
Fee Band: 1 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


Works through longstanding concerns of sociology with the qualities of self and sociality, with what it means to live in relation to others. Aims to enhance the productive tension between ways of knowing and ways of living and to teach particular skills in reading, writing and researching. Among the topics considered are ritual, passion, intellectuality, enchantment, estrangement, play, inspiration, sympathy and humility. Among the theorists are Durkheim, Sartre, Bachelard, Simmel and Buber.

Learning Outcomes


On completion of the course, students should be able to:
  • Read classic texts and apply them in analyses of everyday life
  • Recognise the difference between identity and relational logics
  • Apply concepts of time, space and being
  • Establish creative work disciplines
  • Undertake a writing project from initial design, through drafting to final essay form
  • Work collaboratively with other students in presentation and writing projects
  • Speak and present in large groups.

Assessment


  • Tutorial facilitation - 20%
  • Short essay - 20%
  • Workbook - 40%
  • Oral presentation - 20%