2020 Undergraduate Courses
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Minor Study Areas (Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) | 2020

The Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities offers the following Social Sciences minors to students in any degree where their course rules allow:

Conservation Studies

The Conservation Studies minor provides students with tangible knowledge and skills pertaining to conservation challenges in terrestrial and marine zones. The minor is tailored to develop students’ understanding of environmental heritage, environmental crime, environmental management and ethical perspectives on human-environmental relationships. Specific units also explore the role of international law, governance frameworks and non-state actors in conservation and resource management.

A minor in Conservation Studies requires the successful completion of 24 credits points of subjects chosen from the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
CMP 100 Ocean Conservation and Development 6Spring
EESC203 Biogeography and Environmental Change 6 Autumn
PHIL256 Environmental Philosophy: Animals, Nature and Ethics 6 Spring
GEOG354 Environmental Crime and Justice 6 Autumn
GEOG337 Policy for Environmental and Heritage Management 6 Spring
CMP 300 Civil Society and Ocean Management 6Not available in 2020
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Criminology

The Criminology minor provides students with a suite of skills to identify interpret and evaluate issues around crime, deviancy and justice from a social sciences perspective. Specific units are tailored to develop students' conceptual understanding of criminology and apply these to a range of topics of contemporary social concern.

 A minor in Criminology requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
HAS 131 Introducing Crime and Justice 6Spring
HAS 262 Explaining Crime 6 Autumn
Plus TWO subjects from the following:
HAS 261 Crime Prevention 6 Autumn
GEOG354 Environmental Crime and Justice 6 Autumn
HAS 354 Innovative Justice 6 Autumn
HAS 353 Youth Crime and Justice 6Spring
HAS 355 Current Issues in Criminal Justice 6 Spring
SOC 247 Punishment: Purpose, Practice, Policy 6 Spring
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Environmental Crisis and Response

The Environmental Crisis and Response minor provides students with insights into major global and local environmental challenges. The focus is both on understanding the causes and consequences of these challenges, as well as key response strategies across a variety of scales. Specific units are tailored to develop students’ understanding of environmental crises, disasters and crimes, including climate change, bushfires and pollution. Units also explore the role of various state and non-state actors in causing and responding to these challenges.

A minor in Environmental Crisis and Response requires the successful completion of 24 credits points of subjects in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
SCIE103 Climate Change 6 Spring
GEOG251 Disaster Geographies: Risk, Policy, Management 6 Autumn
STS 216 Environmental Sustainability, Risk and Governance 6 Spring
GEOG354 Environmental Crime and Justice 6 Autumn

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Food and Society

Sustainable and healthy food and nutrition practices are increasingly important for safeguarding global population health.  The Food and Society minor addresses issues related to social, cultural, environmental, economic and political factors influencing the food system and food habits of populations.  The minor includes studies of food and nutrition across the life course, relationships between food and disease, food systems and sustainability, food sovereignty and power, as well as the role food plays in social inclusion and the welfare state.  Students will be equipped with the skills and attributes to apply innovative approaches to food education, promotion and advocacy to complement their other studies.

A  minor in Food and Society requires the successful completion of at least 24 credit points of subjects in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
HAS 160 Food and Society I: The What and Why of Food 6 Spring
HAS 270 Sociology of Food and Nutrition 6Autumn
HAS 265 Food and Society II: Community Settings and Practice 6 Spring
HAS 365 Food and Society III: Contemporary Issues and Controversies 6 Autumn
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Future Cities

The Future Cities minor is a programme of learning targeting careers where the capacity to contribute to the development of urban policy and planning is a requirement. Subject clusters will imbue students with an expert level of foreknowledge on the liveability of major human settlements. Students will undertake inquires on population growth and citizenship, heritage and the built environment, food and systems of sustenance, and methods for scientific appraisal of multiple urban futures. A thread throughout the minor is the social scientific perspective on cosmopolitan cultures and the geographies of major human hubs in terms of their relationships with the regions around them.

A minor in Future Cities requires the successful completion of 24 credits points of subjects in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
PHYS154Energy, Climate Change and Human Society6Autumn
SOC 208Cities, Communities and Families6Not available in 2020
GEOG231Maps and Apps for Social Scientists6Spring
GEOG338Planning Urban Futures6Autumn

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Human Geography

The Human Geography minor provides students with an understanding of how cultural, economic, political and social forces are shaping our present and future lives. Human Geography with it unique focus on place pays attention to understanding the growing inequalities between different individuals and social groups and the uneven implications of present patterns of resource consumption on present and future lives. A Human Geography minor equips graduates to explain and analyse the importance of understanding place in various professional roles in addressing questions of social inequalities and/or environmental justice. 

 A minor in Human Geography requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
Select ONE subject from GEOG 100 level:
GEOG121Life in a Globalising World 6 Autumn
GEOG122 Living in a Material World 6 Spring
GEOG123 Indigenous Geographies: Questioning Country 6 Spring
Plus TWO subjects from GEOG 200 and 300 level:
GEOG221 Population Geography: People, Place, Inequality 6 Autumn
GEOG222 Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures 6 Spring
GEOG224 The Future of Food: Resilience, Communities and Policy 6 Spring
GEOG231 Maps and Apps for Social Scientists 6 Spring
GEOG336 Qualitative Research Design for Social Scientists 6 Autumn
GEOG338 Planning Urban Futures 6 Autumn
GEOG337 Policy for Environmental and Heritage Management 6 Spring
GEOG339 Geographies of Change: International Fieldwork Intensive 6 Autumn, Spring
Plus ONE subject from the above list at 100, 200 or 300 level.
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Introduction to Public Health

A minor in Public Health requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
HAS 125 Public Health Achievements and Challenges 6 Autumn
HAS 215 Healthy Public Policy 6 Spring
HAS 251 Introduction to Epidemiology 6 Spring
Plus ONE of the following subjects:
HAS 115 Chronic Disease Prevention and Control 6 Autumn
HAS 130 Social Determinants of Health 6 Autumn
HAS 135 Global Health Perspectives on Infectious Diseases 6 Spring
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Psychology

A minor in Psychology requires at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
PSYC121 Foundations of Psychology A 6 Autumn
PSYC122 Foundations of Psychology B 6 Spring
Plus TWO of the following three subjects:
PSYC231 Personality 6 Autumn
PSYC241 Developmental and Social Psychology 6 Spring
PSYC251 Psychology of Abnormality 6 Spring
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Social Marketing

The Social Marketing minor presents students with a contemporary understanding of a strategic approach to social marketing to deliver positive social change and deliver social value. The minor considers contemporary discussion around what social marketing is and the key debates in the field. It considers the use of theory and research in social marketing programs; examines the broad toolkit of strategies that can be used in strategic social marketing; and considers the relevance of critical social marketing. 

A minor in Social Marketing requires the successful completion of at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
MARK101 Marketing Principles 6 Autumn, Spring, Summer 2020/2021
MARK320 Social Marketing 6 Spring
HAS 348 Social Innovation and People Centred Design 6 Spring
And at least ONE of the following subjects:
HAS 130 Social Determinants of Health 6 Autumn
HAS 230 Contemporary Public Health Issues 6 Not available in 2020
GEOG222 Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures 6 Spring
GEOG231 Maps and Apps for Social Scientists 6 Spring
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Social Policy

Social policy is the study of the welfare state and welfare theory. It is concerned with actions by government, civil society, the private sector, families and communities to tackle social problems and work towards a more just and equal society.

 A minor in Social Policy requires the successful completion of at least 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below. 

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
HAS 202Introduction to Social Policy6Spring
Plus ONE of the following:
HAS 356Comparative Social Policy6Autumn
SOWK234Welfare State and Human Services6Spring
Plus TWO of the following:
ECON102Economics and Society6Autumn, Spring
POL 150Government, Power and Political Systems6Autumn
HAS 234Research Methods in the Social Sciences6Spring
SOWK234Welfare State and Human Services6Spring
SOWK237Social Work and the Law6Autumn
GEOG336Qualitative Research Design for Social Scientists6Autumn
HAS 346Social Advocacy6Autumn
HAS 347Social Sciences Project6Spring
HAS 356Comparative Social Policy6Autumn
SOC 328Sociology Capstone6Spring
SOWK340Fields of Practice: Health, Aging and Disability6Spring
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Spatial Methods

The Spatial Methods minor positions graduates as professionals in a suite of geospatial techniques for a range of careers involving the collection of data on space and place. Subjects bridge physical and human geography and involve scrutiny of tools that are actionable in the natural and built environment. Subjects are both quantitative and qualitative in composition and combine the capacity for reportage on spatial issues with a critical awareness of empiricism through pragmatic tasks.

A minor in Spatial Methods requires the successful completion of 24 credits points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
EESC105 Introductory Geospatial Analysis 6 Autumn, Spring
EESC207 Advanced Geospatial Analysis 6 Autumn, Spring
GEOG231 Maps and Apps for Social Scientists 6 Spring
GEOG353 Qualitative GIS 6 Spring

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Sustainable Communities

The Sustainable Communities minor is a specialisation in a suite of pragmatic tools with a focus on the built environment and surrounding ecosystems. The skillset of the minor pre-empts a global transition to modes of living that are conducive to diverse biomes and a predictable climate, rather than detrimental to the stability and longevity of humanly tolerable earth systems. The minor complements expertise in sustainable development, public health, urban planning and socially responsible business and marketing. Electing to undertake the minor will provoke student inquiry about and reflection on how humans within built environments live alongside non­humans in equitable and just ways.

A minor in Sustainable Communities requires the successful completion of 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below.

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
GEOG122Living in a Material World 6 Spring
Plus TWO of the following three subjects:
GEOG241 Urban Geographies: Just and Sustainable Cities? 6 Autumn
GEOG251 Disaster Geographies: Risk, Policy, Management 6 Autumn
GEOG222 Society and Environment: Resources, Challenges, Futures 6 Spring
Plus ONE of the following two subjects:
GEOG338 Planning Urban Futures 6 Autumn
GEOG337 Policy for Environmental and Heritage Management 6 Spring

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Work Health and Safety

The Work Health and Safety minor provides students with a broad based understanding of the principles and practices of work health and safety for prevention of injury and disease in workplaces. The minor provides an understanding of WHS legislation, rights and responsibilities of the key stakeholders, and concepts and strategies in the management of work health and safety. This includes development of basic skills in WHS risk management including identification of common workplace hazards, risk assessment procedures and risk control strategies.

 A minor in Work Health and Safety requires 24 credit points of subjects chosen in accordance with the table below. 

Subject Code Subject Name Credit Points Session(s)
HAS 201Work Health & Safety6Spring
HAS 210Introduction to WHS Risk Management6Summer 2020/2021
HAS 235Productivity & Design of Work6Spring, Summer 2020/2021
HAS 320Health and Safety Systems and Theories6Autumn
HAS 341Introduction to Work Injury Management6Autumn
PSYC358Applied Psychology6Spring
HAS 342Protecting Worker Health6Summer 2020/2021
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Last reviewed: 23 July, 2020