7949 (v.7) Sociology 224 - Human Futures, Society and Technological Change

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):	9843 (v.6) Sociology 324 - Sociology of Human Futures, Society and Technological Change
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:	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 and biotechnology. Theories and impact of information society.
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Field of Education:	090301 Sociology
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
2008	Bentley Campus	Semester 2				Y

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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