5219 (v.7) Sociology 214 - Sociology of the Family - Challenges, Changes and the Family

Area:

Department of Social Sciences

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0

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Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

11342 (v.3) Sociology 314 - Sociology of the Family - Challenges, Changes and the Family

Prerequisite(s):

7365 (v.4) Sociology 111 - Social Construction of Identity - Introduction to Doing Sociology or any previous version
AND
7366 (v.4) Sociology 112 - Australian Society in the Global Economy or any previous version

Syllabus:

Sociology of family issues. Theories of the family and intimate human relationships, family cycles, rites of passage and life point transitions in different social, economic and cultural contexts, birth and early childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age, death and dying, the state and the family.

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Field of Education:

090301 Sociology

Funding Cluster:

05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies

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
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	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