Drugs Across Cultures

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  At the completion of this subject students will be able to:

  1. Acquire a basic understanding of the pharmacology of legal and illicit drugs, and the physical, psychological and social aspects of addiction
  2. Gain familiarity with ethnographic approaches to the study of drug use
  3. Understand the impact of broad social, political and economic forces on drug use and on social perceptions of drugs
  4. Clarify the student’s own position on drugs, allowing informed and responsible decisions about social policies and strategies relating to drug use
  5. Apply and adapt anthropological knowledge to real world issues.

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• About Macquarie University

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You should not enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

• MAQ-ANT110 (Not currently available)

• MAQ-ANTX106-Drugs Across Cultures (no longer available)

Others

If you have no prior university experience, you should complete BAR100 Academic Learning Skills or COM10006 Academic Literacies: Learning and Communication Practice before starting this subject.

Additional requirements

• Other requirements -

  Students who have an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion under Macquarie University's Academic Progression Policy are not permitted to enrol in OUA units offered by Macquarie University. Students with an Academic Standing of Suspension or Exclusion who have enrolled in units through OUA will be withdrawn.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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