1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

AH307
AH308
AH309
AH310
AH3 11
AH3 12
AH313
Australian Science and Society
Social Studies of Science
(Not available to students who have
previously passed AH302 Social Studies of
Science A)
Special Topics in Philosophy
Approaches to Culture
Environmental Philosophy
(Not available to students who have
previously passed AH309 Special Topics in
Philosophyl
Natural Philosophy and the Sciences
(Not available to students who have
previously passed AH304 Philosophy of
Science A)
Knowledge, Science and Reality
(Not available to students who have
previously passed AH305 Philosophy of
Science B)
Political Studies
Political Studies is concentrated into two principal areas:
Australia and Asia. The subjects offered set the political
and historical dimensions of the societies studied in the
broad economic and social contexts.
Students may choose from a variety of subjects, but there
are three themes around which they may decide to
concentrate their studies. They are:
(a) the politics of modern industrial society with an
emphasis on Australian politics and society e.g. AP100,
AP101, AP112, AP200, AP201, AP207, AP300, AP308,
and AP314.
(b) social and political change in Asia e.g. AP114, AP115,
AP204, AP206, AP304, AP307, AP311 and AP312.
(c) political economy of capitalist development with
exam~les from third world and industrialised societies
e.g. LP115, ~ ~ 2and 0 2 AP313.
The political studies area allows a critical and evaluative
view of the whole structure of our society in the late
twentieth century. By focusing on Australian society and,
at the same time, providing a variety of perspectives on
Asia, the subject area defines our position in our own
society more sharply and conveys some understanding of
our relationships with Asian neighbours.
Students may take single semester subjects, a major, or a
double major in political studies.
A major consists of at least one semester subject at stage
one, at least two semester subjects at stage two and three
semester subjects at stage three.
A double major consists of at least two semester subjects at
stage one, at least four semester subjects at stage two and six
semester subjects at stage three.
In stage one students may enrol in one or more of the five
subjects offered, but two stage one political studies subjects
are required as prerequisites for four or more stage two
subjects.
Subjects offered
Stage 1
APlOO Australian Politics
APlOl Foundations of Modern Politics
-112 Australian Identities
-114 Australia and Asia
M115 Introduction to Modern Asia
Stage 2
M200 Advanced Australian Politics
.W201 Political Sociology
M202 Europe, Capitalism and the Third World
M204 Modern Japan
AP206 Politics of China A
AP207 Modern Australia
Stage 3
AP300 Public Policy in Australia
M303 Politics of the USSR
AP304 Japan in Asia
AP308 Seminar in Political Studies
AP3 11 Politics of China B
M312 Problems of Contemporary South-East Asia
AP313 India: Uneven Development
-314 Work in Australia
Psychology
The undergraduate psychology program provides students
with a broad introduction to psychology in all three stages.
In stage three, some attention is given to vocational skills
and knowledge relevant to applied fields.
The stage one course in psychology introduces students to
a range of topics in psychology and experimental design
and analysis. Students intending to major in the subject are
required to take AY100 Psychology 100 and AY101
Psychology 101. Each of these subjects comprises lectures,
practical work and instruction in statistical analysis.
In stage tm, AY202 Cognition and Human Performance,
AY203 Developmental Psychology and AY204 Social
Psychology are offered and for students wishing to major in
psychology SM278 Design and Measurement 2A must be
taken.
In stage three, subjects offered are AY312 Psychology of
Personality, AY319 Psychological Measurement and
AY320 Psychological Foundations of Counselling. In
addition, students majoring in psychology must take
SM378 Design and Measurement 3A.
It should be noted that the undergraduate psychology
program is sequential in nature; completion of the
prescribed subjects at one stage of the program is a
preprequisite for study at the next level. All subjects
offered in this program are semester subjects. Thus a
student must complete both stage one psychology subjects
before enrolling in any stage two psychology subject, and
must complete all stage two psychology subjects before
enrolling in any stage three subject. Details of these
prerequisite arrangements are shown in entries for all
psychology subjects.