Globalisation and Society: Power, Inequality and Conflict
UndergraduateTAS-HGA3432024
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Prior study needed
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
Globalisation and Society: Power, Inequality and Conflict
About this subject
Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:
- Recognise and explain the power relations, social inequalities and conflicts underpinning globalisation.
- Apply sociological concepts and theories to global issues and problems.
- Analyse different ways in which sociologists can contribute to understanding the causes of global issues and problems, and developing solutions.
- Produce written and/or oral work that communicates your ideas clearly, conforms to academic standards, and accurately acknowledges the work of others.
- Globalisation: the global and local
- Imperialism and Colonialism: the foundations of globalisation
- Liberalisation: a borderless world
- Transnational capitalism
- Cultural hybridisation
- Globalisation and gender inequality
- Global food insecurity
- Borderless diseases
- Global climate change
- Global social movements
- International non-government organisations and humanitarian aid
- Cosmopolitan democracy
This subject explores the different ways in which our everyday lives are connected increasingly to global events, issues and problems. Through three core modules – Approaches to Globalisation; Global Challenges and Threats; and, Global Futures – you will discover why globalisation is an important area of sociological inquiry, and how sociological concepts and theories are useful in understanding the causes of global issues and problems, and in contributing to solutions.
You will engage with important questions that are central to the future of humanity such as:
- In what ways are global changes transforming how we think about and experience the world?
- How does increasing global mobility and inter-connectedness contribute to new forms of solidarity and belonging as well as social inequality?
- How might we explain the recent rise of populism and nationalism?
- What are the challenges and prospects in creating a more socially just and environmentally sustainable world?
- Recorded Presentation (30%)
- Participation (15%)
- Essay (40%)
- Conceptual Analysis and Application (15%)
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Entry requirements
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Conditional requisite: 25 UTAS credit points at Introductory level or higher
Additional requirements
- Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Weekly pre-recorded lectures or equivalent (1-hour) and fortnightly online tutorials and/or participation in discussion boards (1-hour).
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
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What to study next?
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Bachelor of Psychological Science and Bachelor of Science
UndergraduateTAS-PSC-DEG
Bachelor of Business and Bachelor of Science
UndergraduateTAS-BBS-DEG
Bachelor of Science (Sustainability)
UndergraduateTAS-SUS-DEG
Bachelor of Science (Geography and Environment)
UndergraduateTAS-SCG-DEG
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