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SOCIOL 334
: Youth Sociology2020 Semester Two (1205)
Introduces students to literature in the social constructions of youth identity in society by exploring relationships between youth identity, crime, deviance, public policy, media and moral panics, popular culture, class, gender and ethnicity in modern society using 'youth-focused' theoretical and empirical work.
Prerequisite: 60 points passed at Stage II in the BA
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SOCIOL 700
: Advanced Problems in Sociological Theory2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores gender and sexuality through theories influenced by Marx and Freud. Deleuze (with Felix Guattari) and Lacan are typically used to problematise the relationship of the subject to the capitalist patriarchy. Draws on feminist, queer and trans theory. Scope to research on alternative themes such as race.
Restriction: SOCIOL 733
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SOCIOL 703
: Sociology of Mental Health2025 Semester Two (1255)
Interrogates advanced sociological theories of medicine and psychiatry, investigating mental health interventions as social, economic, cultural and political projects. Key issues will include The Enlightenment and theories of the self, the rise of science and the 'psy' professionals, institutionalisation and community care, current sociological theories of mental health, the medicalisation of everyday life, and gender, race and mental illness.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 703
: Sociology of Mental Health2023 Semester One (1233)
Interrogates advanced sociological theories of medicine and psychiatry, investigating mental health interventions as social, economic, cultural and political projects. Key issues will include The Enlightenment and theories of the self, the rise of science and the 'psy' professionals, institutionalisation and community care, current sociological theories of mental health, the medicalisation of everyday life, and gender, race and mental illness.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 703
: Sociology of Mental Health2021 Semester Two (1215)
Interrogates advanced sociological theories of medicine and psychiatry, investigating mental health interventions as social, economic, cultural and political projects. Key issues will include The Enlightenment and theories of the self, the rise of science and the 'psy' professionals, institutionalisation and community care, current sociological theories of mental health, the medicalisation of everyday life, and gender, race and mental illness.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 706
: The Sociology of Disasters2025 Semester One (1253)
Disasters are increasing in scale, cost, frequency and severity. This course examines their causes and consequences and considers their future avoidance. In doing so it draws on social theory, Science and Technology Studies, and broad literatures on disaster. Topics include: the risk society thesis, the social patterning of disasters, and the political economy of disasters (disaster capitalism).
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 706
: Special Topic: The Sociology of Disasters2024 Semester One (1243)
Disasters are increasing in scale, cost, frequency and severity. This course examines their causes and consequences and considers their future avoidance. In doing so it draws on social theory, Science and Technology Studies, and broad literatures on disaster. Topics include: the risk society thesis, the social patterning of disasters, and the political economy of disasters (disaster capitalism).
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 706
: Special Topic: The Sociology of Disasters2022 Semester One (1223)
Disasters are increasing in scale, cost, frequency and severity. This course examines their causes and consequences and considers their future avoidance. In doing so it draws on social theory, Science and Technology Studies, and broad literatures on disaster. Topics include: the risk society thesis, the social patterning of disasters, and the political economy of disasters (disaster capitalism).
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 707
: Special Topic: Governing Population and Society2024 Semester Two (1245)
Explores the relationship between population, state and society with a particular emphasis on the settler colonial and post colonial context of Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific. Social theories of biopolitics, gender, racism and technology are examined in order to develop critical insights into population ‘problems’ of migration, borders, fertility/mortality, citizenship and diversity.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 707
: Special Topic: Governing Population and Society2023 Semester Two (1235)
Explores the relationship between population, state and society with a particular emphasis on the settler colonial and post colonial context of Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific. Social theories of biopolitics, gender, racism and technology are examined in order to develop critical insights into population ‘problems’ of migration, borders, fertility/mortality, citizenship and diversity.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 709
: Special Topic: Sociology of Universities2024 Semester Two (1245)
Interrogates the purpose of a university from a sociological lens. Explores how the university is imagined and the different social drivers that guide the ‘purpose’ of a university. Topics include non-performative diversity, the university as a site for ‘cultural wars’, the neoliberal university, critic and conscience and academic freedom.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 709
: Special Topic: Sociology of Universities2023 Semester Two (1235)
Interrogates the purpose of a university from a sociological lens. Explores how the university is imagined and the different social drivers that guide the ‘purpose’ of a university. Topics include non-performative diversity, the university as a site for ‘cultural wars’, the neoliberal university, critic and conscience and academic freedom.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 710
: Special Topic: Environmental Justice and Environmental Crimes2024 Semester One (1243)
An advanced study of sociological and green criminology approaches to environmental harms that illuminates the complex social processes that creates them. This course critically analyses phenomenon that harms humans, non-humans and the environment. Examines the complex political, cultural, economic factors, and social factors contributing to them, as well as the social responses to address these problems.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 718
: Research Projects: Design and Practice2025 Semester One (1253)
Explores some of the major principles of research design and practice before discussing particular methods of research. Students will work through problem definition, literature review, and research design. Both ‘empirical’ and ‘theoretical’ projects will be encouraged.
Restriction: SOCIOL 731, SOCSCRES 701
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SOCIOL 718
: Research Projects: Design and Practice2024 Semester One (1243)
Explores some of the major principles of research design and practice before discussing particular methods of research. Students will work through problem definition, literature review, and research design. Both ‘empirical’ and ‘theoretical’ projects will be encouraged.
Restriction: SOCIOL 731, SOCSCRES 701
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SOCIOL 718
: Research Projects: Design and Practice2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores some of the major principles of research design and practice before discussing particular methods of research. Students will work through problem definition, literature review, and research design. Both ‘empirical’ and ‘theoretical’ projects will be encouraged.
Restriction: SOCIOL 731, SOCSCRES 701
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SOCIOL 718
: Research Projects: Design and Practice2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores some of the major principles of research design and practice before discussing particular methods of research. Students will work through problem definition, literature review, and research design. Both ‘empirical’ and ‘theoretical’ projects will be encouraged.
Restriction: SOCIOL 731, SOCSCRES 701
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SOCIOL 718
: Research Projects: Design and Practice2020 Semester One (1203)
Explores some of the major principles of research design and practice before discussing particular methods of research. Students will work through problem definition, literature review, research design and a small supervised research project. Both 'empirical' and 'theoretical' projects will be encouraged.
Restriction: SOCIOL 731, SOCSCRES 701
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SOCIOL 728
: Family, Gender and the State2025 Semester Two (1255)
The influence of changing ideologies of mothering, fathering, family and work, as well as the political forces and pressure groups that promote them, on both the development and restructuring of social and legal policies in several industrialised nations, including New Zealand.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 728
: Family, Gender and the State2024 Semester Two (1245)
The influence of changing ideologies of mothering, fathering, family and work, as well as the political forces and pressure groups that promote them, on both the development and restructuring of social and legal policies in several industrialised nations, including New Zealand.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 728
: Family, Gender and the State2022 Semester Two (1225)
The influence of changing ideologies of mothering, fathering, family and work, as well as the political forces and pressure groups that promote them, on both the development and restructuring of social and legal policies in several industrialised nations, including New Zealand.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 728
: Family, Gender and the State2021 Semester One (1213)
The influence of changing ideologies of mothering, fathering, family and work, as well as the political forces and pressure groups that promote them, on both the development and restructuring of social and legal policies in several industrialised nations, including New Zealand.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 728
: Family, Gender and the State2020 Semester Two (1205)
The influence of changing ideologies of mothering, fathering, family and work, as well as the political forces and pressure groups that promote them, on both the development and restructuring of social and legal policies in several industrialised nations, including New Zealand.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 735
: Current Debates in Gender and Sexuality2025 Semester One (1253)
Traces contemporary sociological debates in the analysis of gender and sexuality. This includes reference to feminist concerns with identities, differences, bodies, power and agency. These issues are taken up and explored through an examination of practices enacted on/or through sexed bodies.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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SOCIOL 735
: Current Debates in Gender and Sexuality2023 Semester Two (1235)
Traces contemporary sociological debates in the analysis of gender and sexuality. This includes reference to feminist concerns with identities, differences, bodies, power and agency. These issues are taken up and explored through an examination of practices enacted on/or through sexed bodies.
No pre-requisites or restrictions
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