Courses Handbook 2009

7945 (v.6) Sociology 211 - Social Change, Globalisation and Uneven Development


Area: Department of Social Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 2.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Tutorial: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 9840 (v.6) Sociology 311 - Social Change, Globalisation and Uneven Development
Prerequisite(s): 7365 (v.5) Sociology 111 - Social Construction of Identity or any previous version
AND
7366 (v.4) Sociology 112 - Australian Society in the Global Economy or any previous version
Syllabus: Social change and uneven development. Theories of social change, modernisation, development and underdevelopment, dependency and imperialism. Nationalism, the nation state and revolutionary change. Capitalist, socialist and mixed models of development. Social structure and development. Aid, finance and development. Agrarian change. Women, production and development. Famine, health and welfare. Culture, communications and development. Case studies.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090301 Sociology
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2009 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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