On the BA (Hons) Education and Sociology program students will learn about key issues facing contemporary societies, including globalisation, the changing nature of work and the family, gender roles and multiculturalism. Students will learn about key issues facing contemporary societies, including globalisation, the changing nature of work and the family, gender roles, and multiculturalism. Students will study the nature and appropriate use of research strategies and methods in sociological research and be knowledgeable on cutting edge debates in contemporary sociology.

The Education Program

On the education program students will learn about education as a dynamic process of human, cultural, economic, and social development that is fundamental to a changing, globalised world. Education combines ideas and research from a number of pathways including psychology, sociology, philosophy and history. 

The Sociology Program

On the sociology program students will critically and comparatively analyse major sociological topics, such as: the relationships between individuals, groups, institutions and wider social processes; the dynamics of stability and change; and the distribution of power.