
Duration
5 weeksWeekly study
2 hours
SOCS2200.3: Late Modernity, the Risk Society, and Reflexivity
Explore what some thinkers describe as ‘late modernity’ or the ‘risk society’.
This is the third of four courses that make up SOCS2200: Social Analysis: Key Perspectives in the Social Sciences. The program covers theory and contemporary research on: class, culture and inequality; institutions and social control; concepts of identity including classed and gendered identities; the nature of embodied experience; globalisation and social change; and the relationship between science and society.
What topics will you cover?
Please see the SOCS2200: Social Analysis: Key Perspectives in the Social Sciences course handbook for more detail.
Learning on this course
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Who is the course for?
This is a core component of the Bachelor of Social Science. The course will also be of interest to anyone looking to expand their knowledge of sociology and social theory.
Who developed the course?
Established
1965Location
Newcastle, AustraliaWorld ranking
Top 180Source: QS World University Rankings 2024
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