School Of Social SciencesClass and Social StratificationWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101362.1
Discipline: SOCIOLOGY
Student Contribution Band: 1
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Foundation Sociology Unit
Equivalent Units
B2958 - Class and Social Stratification
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 80 credit points OR completion of 101336 - Introduction to Sociology.
About this Unit
This unit is offered to sociology students as a traditional core area of study in the discipline addressing the relation between the social and economic order of society. Its particular focus is on the contemporary transition from a production to a consumption order. Theories of class and social stratification study the structured inequalities within our society. The term class, its meaning and its utility, continue to be matters of controversy. The theories of early and contemporary theorists are investigated in addressing conflicts, social practices and social relations which play a major part in structuring the social order.