Sub-major - Cultural and Social Analysis
Western Sydney University
Sub-major
Code:
S1604CSA2.1
Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
NO
Cultural and Social Analysis is an interdisciplinary sub-major aimed at developing knowledge, research skills and analytic capacities relevant to understanding and interpreting landscapes of cultural diversity and social difference in our contemporary world, both in terms of the broad contours, as well as specific micro-social environments. A key starting point is the idea that our individual identities are not created by us alone, but are formed within specific cultural, social, material and spatial environments.
This sub-major provides a grounding in contemporary debates and methodologies in cultural studies and social theory, and draws on various disciplines including history, sociology, communications, and linguistics. Topics include globalisation, popular culture (including film and literature), everyday urban life, cultural and social impacts of scientific theories and new technologies, multiculturalism, contemporary spirituality, the body in culture, and theories of feminism, postmodernism and postcolonialism.
Study in this area is relevant for work involving commentary and analysis of contemporary social issues and cultural practices (e.g. journalism, teaching, activism) and fields concerned with designing, delivering and evaluating cultural and artistic productions, and education, communication, welfare or health services, in culturally diverse communities.
Sub-major
Structure
Students would be eligible for this sub-major having successfully completed 40 credit points which includes the units in the following recommended sequence.
A Humanities sub-major must be made up of no more than one Level 1 unit with the remaining 30 credit points made up of Level 2 or 3 units, or 40 credit points at Level 2 or 3.
Bankstown Campus
Level 1 Units
Level 2 and 3 Units
Note: Not all units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.
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101409
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Aboriginal Cultural Texts
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100988
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Chaos and Communication
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100992
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Communication: Power and Practice
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100854
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Contemporary Popular Cultures
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100858
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Culture and Globalisation
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101251
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Introduction to Psychoanalysis
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100871
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International Texts and Contexts
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100273
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New Ethnicities, Old Racisms
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100882
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Politics of Sex and Gender
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101252
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Psychoanalytic Criticism
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101253
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Public Memory and Commemoration
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G2006
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Race, Community and National Identity in Australia
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100886
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Special Topics in Cultural and Social Analysis
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101007
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Story Links and Indigenous Knowledge
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100291
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Urban Life/Urban Culture
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100298
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Youth Cultures and Moral Panics
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Penrith Campus
Level 1 Units
Level 2 and 3 Units
Note: Not all units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.
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100988
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Chaos and Communication
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100990
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Cinema, Culture, Memory
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100992
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Communication: Power and Practice
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100854
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Contemporary Popular Cultures
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100858
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Culture and Globalisation
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100860
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Emotions, Culture and Community
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100871
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International Texts and Contexts
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101251
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Introduction to Psychoanalysis
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100882
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Politics of Sex and Gender
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101252
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Psychoanalytic Criticism
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101253
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Public Memory and Commemoration
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100886
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Special Topics in Cultural and Social Analysis
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101007
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Story Links and Indigenous Knowledge
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10371
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The Art Museum - from the Prince to the Public
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101411
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Theories of Representation
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