University of Technology SydneyHandbook 2007

57102 Social, Political, Historical Studies Seminar

8cp
Graduate subject – Social Inquiry – 400 level

This seminar provides the opportunity for students to examine and reflect on key issues in the area of social, political, historical studies, by engaging in advanced investigation into the underlying assumptions, implicit aims, and diverse methods of these disciplines. Key topics and concepts in these areas, selected in consultation with the class, are taken as the starting-point for the group's research and discussion. The seminar focuses on in-depth study of central current problems in these fields of knowledge production, on the process of developing and substantiating students own independent ideas as well as on critically assessing and incorporating the theories of central and seminal figures in their areas of study. The content of the seminar's syllabus and its disciplinary emphasis is sufficiently flexible to address the thesis-related interests of participants and involves a sustained critique of the issues surrounding the choice of research methods related to these.


For detailed information, see the full subject description at:
http://www.hss.uts.edu.au/subject_descriptions/57102.pdf

Typical availability

Autumn semester, City campus

Note(s)

Honours students enrol in 55002 Social, Political, Historical Honours Seminar.

Fee information

2007 contribution for post-2004 Commonwealth-supported students: $832.67
2007 amount for undergraduate domestic fee-paying students: $2,760.00
Subject EFTSL: 0.167
Note: The above fees are applicable in 2007 for Commonwealth-supported students who commenced after 2004 and domestic fee-paying undergraduate students only. Pre-2005 Commonwealth-supported students should consult the Student contribution charges for Commonwealth supported students webpage.
Not all students are eligible for Commonwealth supported places, and not all subjects are available to Commonwealth supported students. Domestic fee-paying students and international students should refer to the Fees webpage.

Access conditions

Note: The requisite information presented in this subject description covers only academic requisites. Full details of all enforced rules, covering both academic and admission requisites, are available at Access conditions and My Student Admin.