Society and Culture: An Introduction to Sociology
Single subject — no qualification is awarded on completion. Credits toward the qualifications listed below.
This subject is FEE-HELP eligible, so eligible students can defer the $2,174 fee as a government loan and pay nothing upfront.
Fees and funding are indicative only. Confirm your eligibility and final costs with the provider.
About this subject
Every society has its own dominant norms, expectations, and assumptions about the ‘good life’ and the ‘right’ ways to behave in our everyday lives. In this engaging and accessible introductory subject, open to all students, we challenge these views by demonstrating how ‘common sense’ claims are always open to debate. For example, is the ‘Australian Dream’ a reality? Is Australia really ‘the Lucky Country’ and an egalitarian society, where everybody gets ‘a fair go’? Can anybody succeed in Australia, and who is left behind? This subject examines these fundamental questions about inequality, power, and our different ‘life chances’, as well as the question of how we sustain social cohesion and meaningful lives amid ongoing cultural, political, economic, and technological change. We explore this through exciting and relevant case studies on consumption, technology, health, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, status, age, migration, education, religion, popular culture and more. By questioning taken for granted assumptions about Australian society, we can exercise our ‘sociological imagination’ to see our social worlds in new ways. These analytical capabilities in seeing possibilities for change are crucial in practically all vocations. This subject thus not only enables you to see your daily life in new ways, but will equip you with valuable research, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills vital for future employment.
Society and Culture: An Introduction to Sociology is a standalone subject at La Trobe University in VIC. Completing it does not award a qualification. Credit may apply toward the qualifications listed on this page.
No qualification credit mapping has been indexed for this subject yet. The provider may still grant credit toward a related award — confirm with La Trobe University before enrolling.
La Trobe University is the awarding provider. Recorded study modes are Online. Typical duration is listed as 12 weeks. The subject is listed at 25 credit points. Eligible students may defer fees through FEE-HELP.
Details on this page are compiled from the provider's published subject information and government registers. Fees, intakes and credit rules can change — confirm current details with La Trobe University before enrolling.
Listing facts
- Type
- Single subject
- National code
- LTU-SOC1SAC
- Field of education
- Information technology
- Provider
- La Trobe University
- Credit points
- 25
- Study mode
- Online
- Duration
- 12 weeks
- Qualifications listed
- 0
- FEE-HELP
- Eligible