Open Universities Australia

Dashboard

Find key dates

Access my LMS

Get free tutoring with Smarthinking

Organise my exams

Change my studies

Support

Manage my account

View statements & reports

Request online support

Refer a friend

Architecture & construction

Art & creative design

Business & management

Community services & care

Education & teaching

Engineering

Health & medical science

Humanities & social science

IT & computer science

Law & justice

Media & communication

Psychology & mental health

Science

Search all courses

Explore study online

Undergraduate degrees

Postgraduate courses

Pathways and pre-university

Single subjects

Short courses

Certificates

Study types

Help me choose a course

Chat with a student advisor

Compare courses

Degrees vs single subjects

Choosing a course

Study online

How OUA works

Key dates

How to enrol

Applying for credit

Study planning

Minimum age requirements

Textbooks & study materials

Computer requirements

Exams

International students

Getting started

Student loans

Study allowances

Fees

Financial options

Getting advice

Study preparation

Disability support

Free online tutoring

Special Circumstances

COVID-19 & study

Qld and NSW floods & study

Your studies

Advice

13 6736

Study online with Macquarie University through Open Universities Australia. Explore all degrees, subjects and short courses now.

Make your degree unique and study what interests you: philosophy, English, society and culture, ancient or modern history, politics or sociology. Analyse critically, think creatively and solve problems for a career in professional or civic life.

Bachelor of Arts

Introduction to Sociology: Understanding Everyday Life

Extend your studies while learning about advanced theoretical and empirical approaches to the sociology field. Unfurl the complex nature of society. Fold in policy and economy information. Build a foundation to pursue even more sociology studies.

Contemporary Trends, Patterns and Puzzles

Become familiar with the sociology of intimacy. Unveil how people carve out space in their lives for friends, family and lovers. Touch on the real-world complexities that can sometimes affect these relationships. Explore the darker side of intimacy.

Exploring Everyday Life and Culture

The Urban Century: Movement, Cities and Space

Economic Life, Inequality and Society

Identify key characteristics of modern societies. See how capitalism, industrialism and individualism instruct social development. Get to know the writings of thinkers like Marx, Foucault and Nietzsche. Consider their insights and their shortcomings

Theorising Societies

Put everyday life's social interactions under a microscope. Take your studies to shopping centres and family homes. Theorise about the meaning of everyday life. Scrutinise how people’s actions can reveal who they are and highlight social forces at play.

Spot patterns in Australia's social structures. Look at the media, family, religion and class. Take advantage of sociological research methods such as observations and interviews. Begin to examine Australian society through a sociological lens.

Introduction to Sociology: Understanding contemporary society

Study gender in relation to crime. Look at masculinity and femininity – alongside race, ethnicity, class and religion – and the parts they play. Learn about feminist approaches to criminology and gendered accounts of crime.

Gender, Crime and Violence

Unearth new ways of thinking about femininity and masculinity. Read up on male and female representation throughout the literary canon. Address abortion and reproductive rights. Highlight historical and contemporary examples of sexism in the media.

Freedom Dreams: Foundations in Gender Studies

Examine healing practices and attitudes to illness from across the globe. Step into the world of biomedicine and shamanism. Think about attitudes to mental health and madness. Scan the role of imaging technologies in modern medicine.

Illness and Healing

Macquarie University Short courses | Open Universities Australia

Course results for Macquarie University Sociology Short courses