9843 (v.6) Sociology 324 - Sociology of Human Futures, Society and Technological Change


Area: Department of Social Sciences
Credits: 50.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
 
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Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 7949 (v.6) Sociology 224 - Sociology of Human Futures, Society and Technological Change
 
Syllabus: Human futures and technological change. Technology and social change - modern society. Relationship between technical change and capitalist development. Invention and innovation. Technological determinism. Theories of technocracy. Technology and production focusing on gender, globalisation, the future of work, biotechnology. Theories and impact of information society, plus a major research project.
 
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Field of Education: 090301 Sociology
Funding Cluster: 05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Online
*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
2005 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y     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