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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

Food is essential for sustenance, and a cornerstone of cultures worldwide. Yet food security remains a global challenge, with millions of people facing food-related issues (e.g. chronic hunger, nutritional deficiencies), not only in low-income countries but also in higher-income countries, such as Australia. Evidence shows that food security is not merely about availability. Rather, it is complicated by socio-economic, environmental and political contexts, including consumption patterns. Using a systems thinking approach, we analyse the complex, interconnected challenges and opportunities that affect food security as well as the resilience of food systems. We consider food system transitions in action, which may enhance food security in different parts of the world. Finally, we explore food system transformation, focusing on changing how food systems operate to improve environmental, health, and livelihood outcomes for more sustainable and equitable futures.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" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Food Security

Youth is often presented as a period of storm and stress or a time of crisis. On the other hand youth culture is often something many seek out, envy, and desire. This subject will acquaint students with Australian and international literature concerned with the study of youth. Students will be introduced to the history of youth, major theoretical traditions on youth culture and the various media, policy and professional responses to youth needs and interests.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" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Youth Identities

This subject aims to introduce students to the richness of sociology by stimulating their curiosity about the relationship between the individual, society and the globe using sociological thinking. This subject will introduce students to the history of sociology and some of the thinkers who have influenced the discipline. It will encourage students to recognise the relevance of sociology to everyday questions about contemporary issues in the social world.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" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">http://goto.murdoch.edu.au/MurdochAcademicPassport</a>.

Begin to see how gender, class, ideology and society influence the way people behave. Get a bird's eye view of the history of sociological study. Probe religion, family and ethnicity. Ask what tools are available to conduct sociological analysis.

Introduction to Sociology

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 draw on concepts from sociology, development studies, anthropology and human geography to examine the forces that drive increased mobility—including humanitarian emergency situations and extreme weather events that destroy livelihoods and homes, ageing societies and care networks, and economic and social aspirations. We consider influential debates, policies and practices that seek to categorise and exert control over people on the move, which challenge us to develop intellectual positions on contemporary issues of justice, rights and the securitisation of migration in their local and global dimensions. Finally, 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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