Knowledge in the Social Sciences: Understanding Social Change

About this subject

• What you'll learn

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

  1. study skills such as time management and organisation and interpersonal communication
  2. academic skills including academic reading, writing, oral communication, critical thinking, critical analysis, essay planning, essay writing information seeking and management, and use of learning technologies (e.g. computers and libraries)
  3. conceptual understandings of: knowledge in the social sciences, the purposes and processes of change (personal and societal), and (c the roles of individuals and groups as agents of change
  4. attributes that promote success at university such as persistence, self-management and commitment.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Murdoch University

Entry requirements

Prior study

You must either have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject, or enrol in the following subject(s) to study at the same time or prior to this subject:

• MUR-EQU081-Learning Uni Style

Others

English competence as per Murdoch University policy is a prerequisite requirement of this subject.

Additional requirements

• Equipment requirements - Need ability to record video and voice (this can be the inbuilt camera and microphone of their computer).

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.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.