Sub-major - Culture and Society
Western Sydney University
Sub-major
Code:
SM1138.1
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1651.8
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Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)
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Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Business
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Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative Industries
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Available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses :
YES, if the specialisation is available on your Home campus. Please ensure your course structure allows space for enrolment in the units in this unit set. Students must also meet any pre-requisite requirements. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
Culture and Society is an interdisciplinary sub-major 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. This sub-major provides 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 popular culture, everyday urban life, cultural and social impacts of scientific theories and new technologies, multiculturalism, and contemporary spirituality. 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 must successfully complete 40 credit points as follows.
Please note all Bachelor of Arts students including Pathways to Teaching, Dean’s Scholars and double degrees must complete the structure under the heading Bachelor of Arts.
Please note all Bachelor of Creative Industries students including double degrees must complete the structure under the heading Bachelor of Creative Industries.
This specialisation is available to students in other Western Sydney University Courses. If the specialisation is available on your campus, the course structure allows space for enrolment in the specialisation and pre-requisite requirements can be met, please follow the structure under the heading Bachelor of Arts. Consult your Course Advisor for further advice.
Note: Not all units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.
Bachelor of Arts Students
Arts students must choose at least two of the following four units:
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102913
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Introduction to Culture and Society
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101979
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Understanding Visual Culture
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Bachelor of Creative Industries Students
Creative Industries students will have already completed 100897 Everyday Life (2021 and prior) or 102913 Introduction to Culture and Society (from 2022) as their Introduction to Major unit as part of the core requirements of the course and must choose at least two from the following three units:
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101979
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Understanding Visual Culture
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Pool Units
Additional units to complete the sub major can be chosen from the following pool units.
Note: Not all Units will be offered each year. Units will be offered on a rotational basis.
Level 2 Unit Pool
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101967
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Cultural History of Books and Reading
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102425
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Digital Humanities and Research Methods (UG)
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100964
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Introduction to Film Studies
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100882
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Politics of Sex and Gender
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101917
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Representing Everyday Life in Literary and Visual Cultures
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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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Level 3 Unit Pool
Choose at least two
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101981
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Activism, Engagement and Social Change
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101626
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Children's Literature: Image and Text
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101870
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Climate Change and Culture
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102185
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Culture, Discourse and Meaning
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102479
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Cultures of Crime and Punishment
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100860
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Emotions, Culture and Community
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102305
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Food: A Cultural History
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101988
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Human Rights and Culture
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101468
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Islam, Media and Conflict
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102862
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Migration and Social Change
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102789
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Philosophy of Race and Racism
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101985
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Politics, Power and Resistance
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101987
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Postcolonial Australian Cinema
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101898
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Violence in Everyday Life
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Equivalent Specialisation Units
The Specialisation unit listed below count towards completion of this major for students who passed this unit in 2021 or earlier.
100897 - Everyday Life