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Health and Wellbeing in Social and Cultural Contexts

Introduction to Cultural Studies

Drugs in Society

Mind, "Madness" and Society: An Introduction to the Sociology of Mental Illness

Popular Music, Culture and Identity

Gender, Crime and Justice

Digital Culture and Everyday Life

Culture, Health and Healing

Health and Society

Sex and Gender Matters

Have you ever wondered how aspirin knows where the pain is?  Or why some drugs are so addictive?
This subject explores drugs, asking how they are discovered and regulated. It examines social drugs such as alcohol and nicotine, illicit drugs such as cannabis and cocaine, and medicines such as painkillers and anti-depressants. It considers social, ethical and economic issues such as reproductive medicines, drugs in sport and the rise of complementary medicines, as well as future personalised therapies.
Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport" target="_blank">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Uncover the effects legal, illicit and medicinal drugs have on society. Follow the steps in a drug's development, from discovery to clinical testing and marketing. Analyse the ethical and economic features. Look into herbal medicines and homoeopathy.

NOTE: If you study this subject in Winter, the subject will be a shorter duration (5 weeks) and will require at least 20 hours of study per week.Despite rumours to the contrary, the need to understand the politics of sex and gender is only increasing in the 2020s. The #MeeToo movement, transgender tipping points, crises of masculinity, persistent inequality and misogynist violence are all pressing issues of our time.This subject covers major theoretical approaches to sex, gender, and sexuality; especially feminist approaches. The first half focuses develops analytical tools for understanding and debating significant contemporary issues. The second half of the subject considers how feminist approaches can be used in disciplines of development studies, policy, security studies and political economy. In the final assignment, students are asked to write a research essay on a topic related to their major, applying one of the approaches taught in this subject.Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport" target="_blank">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Improve your understanding of whether society helps construct gender and sexuality. Look back at the rise of the feminist and sexual liberation movements. Contemplate the ways in which sex and gender are linked to life, happiness and justice.

This unit explores the socio-cultural and political contexts, dimensions, and outcomes of migration and the cross-cultural flows they produce. We examine the forces that drive increased mobility—including humanitarian emergency situations and extreme weather events that destroy livelihoods and strain local food systems, labour supply chains, and economic and social aspirations. The unit considers processes of categorising and labelling people on the move: forced migrant, refugee, asylum seeker, irregular migrant, and boat people challenging us to develop intellectual positions on contemporary issues of justice, rights and the securitisation of migration in their local and global dimensions. We consider the implications, challenges, and opportunities of human migration, ranging from the personal to the geopolitical, and attendant cultural and religious diversity, economic and social remittances, and impacts on families and entire communities.Please Note: All students studying at Murdoch University will need to complete the compulsory unit, Murdoch Academic Passport (MAP100), which only takes 2-3 hours to complete online. Find out more: <a href="http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport" target="_blank">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Explore human migration across the world. Think about humanitarian crises, refugees and asylum seekers. Get critical about media coverage. You’ll work on evidence-based arguments considering human rights and security concerns.

The Age of Global Mobilities: Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migration

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