Program Overview

Course Overview

The course SOSC 317, Complicating Resistance, examines knowledge, power, and the importance of critical self-reflection as it relates to liberation and democracy. Students will learn to use a variety of critical approaches and theories to examine key concepts and issues as they relate to the larger dialogues that exist within the discipline of sociology.

Course Details

• Course Code: SOSC 317
• Duration: 17 weeks
• Start Date: 24 February 2025
• End Date: 22 June 2025
• Trimester: Trimester 1
• CRN: 35073
• Lecture Time: Friday, 11.00am
• Location: Kelburn
• Fees:
  • Domestic students: NZ$1,090.60
  • International students: NZ$5,560.00
• Estimated Workload: Approximately 200 hours or 11.8 hours per week
• Points: 20

Entry Restrictions

• Prerequisites: 40 pts from SACS 200-299, SOSC 200-299
• Corequisites: None
• Restrictions: Students who have already passed SOSC 221 in 2022 or SOSC 306 cannot take this course.

Course Learning Objectives

Students who pass this course should be able to:

1. Explain different ways in which to understand knowledge and power
2. Critically evaluate diverse critical theories that connect to knowledge and power
3. Differentiate alternative conceptualisations of democracy and liberation
4. Examine self-reflexivity as it relates to knowledge, power, and liberation

How This Course is Taught

• Delivery Method: In-person only
• Lecture and Tutorial Details: Weekly one hour 50 minute lecture and nine 50 minute tutorials over 12 weeks
• Assessment Submission: Some assessments can be submitted online
• Weekly In-Class Reading Reflections: Require attendance

Assessment

• Weekly In-Class Reading Reflections: 10%
• Essay (2,000 words): 35%
• Research Proposal (1,000 words): 10%
• Final Research Essay (3,000 words): 45%

Mandatory Requirements

There are no mandatory requirements for this course.

Lecture Times and Rooms

• First Part of Trimester: 24 February 2025 to 13 April 2025
• Second Part of Trimester: 28 April 2025 to 1 June 2025

What You'll Need to Get

You do not need to get any texts or equipment for this course.

Taught By

School of Social and Cultural Studies — Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Disclaimer

This course outline may be subject to change.