ATS3852 · Researching social justice

Overview

In this unit, you will learn what social justice issues are in contemporary social sciences, why social scientists study social justice issues, and how we study them. You will gain insights into a diversity of online and offline methods used to research social justice issues. You will undertake an extensive review of the relevant academic literature on a topic of your choice and design a research proposal to study this topic.

Areas of study: Criminology Human geography Indigenous cultures and histories Sociology

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. understand what social justice issues are in contemporary social sciences;
2. demonstrate collaborative and communication skills;
3. defend your choice of methods to study a social justice issue;
4. examine critical and theoretical debates on a social justice issue;
5. evaluate the extant literature on a social justice issue;
6. design a research proposal that justifies methodological approaches and choice of social justice issue.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.