Careers in the public sector offer opportunities to shape and implement policies across governance, law, healthcare, and population management, contributing to effective public administration and meaningful societal impact.<\/p>\n\n\t
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Click to Learn more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\tResearch<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\nCareers in research develop critical skills in analysis, problem solving, and evidence-based decision making, enabling professionals to influence policy, industry innovation, and scientific advancement.<\/p>\n
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Click to Learn more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\t\t\tResearch\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tData Analysis\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers where decisions must be justified with evidence – UX research, market insights, policy evaluation, programme monitoring, or research roles<\/strong> – this domain gives you a strong foundation to investigate social worlds rigorously. You’ll learn how to design studies, collect and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, and communicate findings clearly to different audiences, skills that travel across the public sector, private industry, and civil society.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN2101<\/strong><\/p>\n\tResearch Methods in Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMethods of Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3209\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tData Analysis in Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3221\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tQualitative Inquiry<\/p>\n
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If you’re drawn to big questions about\u00a0cities, development, and migration<\/strong>, this domain helps you connect “macro” forces to everyday experiences on the ground. It’s especially relevant for students interested in\u00a0urban planning, community development, education initiatives, and migration-related work<\/strong>, including roles in government, consultancies, and NGOs.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4882B\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCitizenship, Nation and Globalization<\/p>\n\t
SC4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Migration<\/p>\n\t
SC3227<\/strong><\/p>\n\tModernity and Social Change<\/p>\n\t
SC3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC3204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Education<\/p>\n\t
AN4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
AN3208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCritiquing Development<\/p>\n
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If you’re considering careers in\u00a0governance, justice, policy, compliance, or community safety<\/strong>, this domain builds the analytical toolkit to understand how rules, power, and institutions shape real lives. You’ll examine law in everyday life, deviance and social control, policing and security, and the social dynamics of authority and legitimacy, useful in public administration, regulatory work, and justice-sector organisations.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2916\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLove that Kills<\/p>\n\t
SC4880D<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolicing and Security: Past, Present and Future<\/p>\n\t
SC3215<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLaw and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule<\/p>\n\t
SC2212<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Deviance<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tHealth, Wellbeing and Population\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you want to work in\u00a0healthcare, public health, ageing services, or social services<\/strong>, this domain helps you see beyond purely biomedical explanations to the social realities that shape health outcomes. You’ll explore mental health, emotions, ageing, drugs and society, and population issues, giving you the perspective needed for\u00a0service design, community health programmes, and policy\/evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0work that actually fits how people live.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2915<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBeyond the Good and Evil of Drugs<\/p>\n\t
GEN2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPurposeful and Productive Aging in Community<\/p>\n\t
SC4220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAging and Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2226<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Mental Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2216\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tEmotions and Social Life<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedical Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPopulation and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBiocultural Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing<\/p>\n
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If you’re curious about\u00a0AI, digital platforms, and technological change<\/strong>\u00a0and want to work at the intersection of people and technology, this domain trains you to ask the “so what?” questions that responsible tech work depends on. You’ll learn how technologies shape identities, relationships, institutions, and inequalities, preparing you for pathways in\u00a0tech governance, responsible AI, user research, and innovation-and-society roles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC3211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tScience, Technology and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAI and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN3209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAnthropology of Technology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEconomies, Work and Organizations\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0consulting, HR, organisational development, market research, or finance\/risk<\/strong>, this domain gives you a “people-in-systems” lens for understanding workplaces, organisations, markets, and crises. You’ll explore how networks and institutions shape economic life, why cultures of work matter, and how financial disruptions have social origins and consequences, insights that are valuable across many corporate and public-sector settings.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN4206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolitical Economy of Music<\/p>\n\t
SC4219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Origins and Consequences of Financial Crises<\/p>\n\t
SC4203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Organizations<\/p>\n\t
SC3226\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMarkets and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC2209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMoney, Business and Social Networks<\/p>\n\t
SC2202\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Work<\/p>\n
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If you’re considering a career in\u00a0creative industries,<\/strong>\u00a0media, communications, content strategy, cultural organisations, or audience research<\/strong>, this domain builds critical skills and industry-relevant knowledge. You’ll learn to analyse popular culture and visual storytelling, understand how cultural production is shaped by power and policy, and develop strong interpretive and communication skills, useful for media strategy, cultural management, and public-facing work.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Language and Communication<\/p>\n\t
SC3213\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Ethnography: Theory and Practice<\/p>\n\t
SC2229<\/strong><\/p>\n\tK-drama and Sociological Imagination<\/p>\n\t
AN3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Culture<\/p>\n\t
AN2204\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedia Anthropology<\/p>\n
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If you enjoy understanding people “where they are” – in communities, cultural spaces, and everyday routines – this domain is for you. It develops cultural literacy and ethnographic sensitivity that’s especially useful for community development, heritage\/cultural work, education and outreach, events\/ tourism, and social impact programmes<\/strong>. You’ll explore how meaning and belonging are made through food, ritual, senses, sport, storytelling, and the uncanny.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2913<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRepresenting Live(s)<\/p>\n\t
AN3207<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSports and Society
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AN3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRitual, Performance and Symbolic Action<\/p>\n\t
AN2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tFood and Foodways<\/p>\n\t
AN2203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPeoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia<\/p>\n\t
AN2202<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCulture and Society<\/p>\n
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SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tNature and Nurture<\/p>\n\t
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SC2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Family<\/p>\n\t
SC2204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Inequalities: Who Gets Ahead?<\/p>\n
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SC4880E<\/strong><\/p>\n\tClimate, Risk, Uncertainty and Society<\/p>\n\t
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Roles in civil society and community organisations allow professionals to promote culture, strengthen communities, and lead initiatives in sustainability, environmental stewardship, and social advocacy.<\/p>\n
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Private Sector and Industry<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\nThe private sector provides dynamic career paths in human resources, media, creative industries, technology, and AI, where professionals drive innovation, develop talent, and shape the future of business and digital solutions.<\/p>\n
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Click to Learn more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\tResearch<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\nCareers in research develop critical skills in analysis, problem solving, and evidence-based decision making, enabling professionals to influence policy, industry innovation, and scientific advancement.<\/p>\n
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Click to Learn more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\t\t\tResearch\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tData Analysis\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers where decisions must be justified with evidence – UX research, market insights, policy evaluation, programme monitoring, or research roles<\/strong> – this domain gives you a strong foundation to investigate social worlds rigorously. You’ll learn how to design studies, collect and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, and communicate findings clearly to different audiences, skills that travel across the public sector, private industry, and civil society.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN2101<\/strong><\/p>\n\tResearch Methods in Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMethods of Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3209\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tData Analysis in Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3221\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tQualitative Inquiry<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tPublic Sector and Policy\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tDevelopment, Urbanization and Mobility\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re drawn to big questions about\u00a0cities, development, and migration<\/strong>, this domain helps you connect “macro” forces to everyday experiences on the ground. It’s especially relevant for students interested in\u00a0urban planning, community development, education initiatives, and migration-related work<\/strong>, including roles in government, consultancies, and NGOs.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4882B\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCitizenship, Nation and Globalization<\/p>\n\t
SC4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Migration<\/p>\n\t
SC3227<\/strong><\/p>\n\tModernity and Social Change<\/p>\n\t
SC3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC3204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Education<\/p>\n\t
AN4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
AN3208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCritiquing Development<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tGovernance and Law\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0governance, justice, policy, compliance, or community safety<\/strong>, this domain builds the analytical toolkit to understand how rules, power, and institutions shape real lives. You’ll examine law in everyday life, deviance and social control, policing and security, and the social dynamics of authority and legitimacy, useful in public administration, regulatory work, and justice-sector organisations.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2916\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLove that Kills<\/p>\n\t
SC4880D<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolicing and Security: Past, Present and Future<\/p>\n\t
SC3215<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLaw and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule<\/p>\n\t
SC2212<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Deviance<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tHealth, Wellbeing and Population\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you want to work in\u00a0healthcare, public health, ageing services, or social services<\/strong>, this domain helps you see beyond purely biomedical explanations to the social realities that shape health outcomes. You’ll explore mental health, emotions, ageing, drugs and society, and population issues, giving you the perspective needed for\u00a0service design, community health programmes, and policy\/evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0work that actually fits how people live.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2915<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBeyond the Good and Evil of Drugs<\/p>\n\t
GEN2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPurposeful and Productive Aging in Community<\/p>\n\t
SC4220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAging and Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2226<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Mental Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2216\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tEmotions and Social Life<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedical Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPopulation and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBiocultural Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing<\/p>\n
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If you’re curious about\u00a0AI, digital platforms, and technological change<\/strong>\u00a0and want to work at the intersection of people and technology, this domain trains you to ask the “so what?” questions that responsible tech work depends on. You’ll learn how technologies shape identities, relationships, institutions, and inequalities, preparing you for pathways in\u00a0tech governance, responsible AI, user research, and innovation-and-society roles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC3211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tScience, Technology and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAI and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN3209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAnthropology of Technology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEconomies, Work and Organizations\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0consulting, HR, organisational development, market research, or finance\/risk<\/strong>, this domain gives you a “people-in-systems” lens for understanding workplaces, organisations, markets, and crises. You’ll explore how networks and institutions shape economic life, why cultures of work matter, and how financial disruptions have social origins and consequences, insights that are valuable across many corporate and public-sector settings.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN4206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolitical Economy of Music<\/p>\n\t
SC4219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Origins and Consequences of Financial Crises<\/p>\n\t
SC4203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Organizations<\/p>\n\t
SC3226\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMarkets and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC2209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMoney, Business and Social Networks<\/p>\n\t
SC2202\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Work<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tMedia and Creative Industries\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering a career in\u00a0creative industries,<\/strong>\u00a0media, communications, content strategy, cultural organisations, or audience research<\/strong>, this domain builds critical skills and industry-relevant knowledge. You’ll learn to analyse popular culture and visual storytelling, understand how cultural production is shaped by power and policy, and develop strong interpretive and communication skills, useful for media strategy, cultural management, and public-facing work.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Language and Communication<\/p>\n\t
SC3213\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Ethnography: Theory and Practice<\/p>\n\t
SC2229<\/strong><\/p>\n\tK-drama and Sociological Imagination<\/p>\n\t
AN3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Culture<\/p>\n\t
AN2204\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedia Anthropology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tCivil Society and Community\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tCulture, Community and Everyday Life\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you enjoy understanding people “where they are” – in communities, cultural spaces, and everyday routines – this domain is for you. It develops cultural literacy and ethnographic sensitivity that’s especially useful for community development, heritage\/cultural work, education and outreach, events\/ tourism, and social impact programmes<\/strong>. You’ll explore how meaning and belonging are made through food, ritual, senses, sport, storytelling, and the uncanny.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2913<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRepresenting Live(s)<\/p>\n\t
AN3207<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSports and Society
\nGEH1062\/GEC1024\u00a0Ghosts and Spirits in Society and Culture<\/em>\n\tAN3207<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSenses and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRitual, Performance and Symbolic Action<\/p>\n\t
AN2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tFood and Foodways<\/p>\n\t
AN2203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPeoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia<\/p>\n\t
AN2202<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCulture and Society<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tIdentity, Diversity and Social Justice\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re interested in social justice, DEI, education, community programmes, or public-sector work<\/strong>, this domain provides concepts and cases to navigate real-world diversity with depth and care. You’ll examine how inequality is produced and challenged across family, gender, sexuality, race\/ethnicity, religion, and belief systems, building the ability to translate complex social realities into inclusive practices and thoughtful interventions.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2932<\/strong><\/p>\n\tThe Power of Ideas in the Malay World<\/p>\n\t
SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tNature and Nurture<\/p>\n\t
SC4218\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tReligion, Secularity and Post-Secularity<\/p>\n\t
SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSexuality in Comparative Perspective<\/p>\n\t
SC3203\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRace and Ethnic Relations<\/p>\n\t
SC2220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tGender Studies<\/p>\n\t
SC2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Family<\/p>\n\t
SC2204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Inequalities: Who Gets Ahead?<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEnvironment, Risk and Sustainability\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering pathways in sustainability, climate adaptation, ESG\/CSR, environmental policy, or community resilience<\/strong>, this domain helps you understand the human side of environmental change. You’ll examine how risk and uncertainty are experienced differently across social groups, how institutions respond (or fail to), and why environment-society relationships matter for real-world decision-making, especially in climate-affected contexts.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC6218<\/strong><\/p>\n\tEnvironment and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC4880E<\/strong><\/p>\n\tClimate, Risk, Uncertainty and Society<\/p>\n\t
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The private sector provides dynamic career paths in human resources, media, creative industries, technology, and AI, where professionals drive innovation, develop talent, and shape the future of business and digital solutions.<\/p>\n
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Click to Learn more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\tResearch<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\nCareers in research develop critical skills in analysis, problem solving, and evidence-based decision making, enabling professionals to influence policy, industry innovation, and scientific advancement.<\/p>\n
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Click to Learn more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\t\t\tResearch\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tData Analysis\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers where decisions must be justified with evidence – UX research, market insights, policy evaluation, programme monitoring, or research roles<\/strong> – this domain gives you a strong foundation to investigate social worlds rigorously. You’ll learn how to design studies, collect and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, and communicate findings clearly to different audiences, skills that travel across the public sector, private industry, and civil society.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN2101<\/strong><\/p>\n\tResearch Methods in Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMethods of Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3209\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tData Analysis in Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3221\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tQualitative Inquiry<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tPublic Sector and Policy\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tDevelopment, Urbanization and Mobility\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re drawn to big questions about\u00a0cities, development, and migration<\/strong>, this domain helps you connect “macro” forces to everyday experiences on the ground. It’s especially relevant for students interested in\u00a0urban planning, community development, education initiatives, and migration-related work<\/strong>, including roles in government, consultancies, and NGOs.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4882B\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCitizenship, Nation and Globalization<\/p>\n\t
SC4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Migration<\/p>\n\t
SC3227<\/strong><\/p>\n\tModernity and Social Change<\/p>\n\t
SC3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC3204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Education<\/p>\n\t
AN4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
AN3208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCritiquing Development<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tGovernance and Law\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0governance, justice, policy, compliance, or community safety<\/strong>, this domain builds the analytical toolkit to understand how rules, power, and institutions shape real lives. You’ll examine law in everyday life, deviance and social control, policing and security, and the social dynamics of authority and legitimacy, useful in public administration, regulatory work, and justice-sector organisations.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2916\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLove that Kills<\/p>\n\t
SC4880D<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolicing and Security: Past, Present and Future<\/p>\n\t
SC3215<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLaw and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule<\/p>\n\t
SC2212<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Deviance<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tHealth, Wellbeing and Population\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you want to work in\u00a0healthcare, public health, ageing services, or social services<\/strong>, this domain helps you see beyond purely biomedical explanations to the social realities that shape health outcomes. You’ll explore mental health, emotions, ageing, drugs and society, and population issues, giving you the perspective needed for\u00a0service design, community health programmes, and policy\/evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0work that actually fits how people live.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2915<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBeyond the Good and Evil of Drugs<\/p>\n\t
GEN2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPurposeful and Productive Aging in Community<\/p>\n\t
SC4220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAging and Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2226<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Mental Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2216\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tEmotions and Social Life<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedical Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPopulation and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBiocultural Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tPrivate Sector and Industry\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tDigital Life, AI and Technology\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re curious about\u00a0AI, digital platforms, and technological change<\/strong>\u00a0and want to work at the intersection of people and technology, this domain trains you to ask the “so what?” questions that responsible tech work depends on. You’ll learn how technologies shape identities, relationships, institutions, and inequalities, preparing you for pathways in\u00a0tech governance, responsible AI, user research, and innovation-and-society roles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC3211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tScience, Technology and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAI and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN3209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAnthropology of Technology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEconomies, Work and Organizations\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0consulting, HR, organisational development, market research, or finance\/risk<\/strong>, this domain gives you a “people-in-systems” lens for understanding workplaces, organisations, markets, and crises. You’ll explore how networks and institutions shape economic life, why cultures of work matter, and how financial disruptions have social origins and consequences, insights that are valuable across many corporate and public-sector settings.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN4206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolitical Economy of Music<\/p>\n\t
SC4219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Origins and Consequences of Financial Crises<\/p>\n\t
SC4203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Organizations<\/p>\n\t
SC3226\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMarkets and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC2209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMoney, Business and Social Networks<\/p>\n\t
SC2202\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Work<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tMedia and Creative Industries\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering a career in\u00a0creative industries,<\/strong>\u00a0media, communications, content strategy, cultural organisations, or audience research<\/strong>, this domain builds critical skills and industry-relevant knowledge. You’ll learn to analyse popular culture and visual storytelling, understand how cultural production is shaped by power and policy, and develop strong interpretive and communication skills, useful for media strategy, cultural management, and public-facing work.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Language and Communication<\/p>\n\t
SC3213\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Ethnography: Theory and Practice<\/p>\n\t
SC2229<\/strong><\/p>\n\tK-drama and Sociological Imagination<\/p>\n\t
AN3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Culture<\/p>\n\t
AN2204\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedia Anthropology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tCivil Society and Community\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tCulture, Community and Everyday Life\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you enjoy understanding people “where they are” – in communities, cultural spaces, and everyday routines – this domain is for you. It develops cultural literacy and ethnographic sensitivity that’s especially useful for community development, heritage\/cultural work, education and outreach, events\/ tourism, and social impact programmes<\/strong>. You’ll explore how meaning and belonging are made through food, ritual, senses, sport, storytelling, and the uncanny.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2913<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRepresenting Live(s)<\/p>\n\t
AN3207<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSports and Society
\nGEH1062\/GEC1024\u00a0Ghosts and Spirits in Society and Culture<\/em>\n\tAN3207<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSenses and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRitual, Performance and Symbolic Action<\/p>\n\t
AN2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tFood and Foodways<\/p>\n\t
AN2203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPeoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia<\/p>\n\t
AN2202<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCulture and Society<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tIdentity, Diversity and Social Justice\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re interested in social justice, DEI, education, community programmes, or public-sector work<\/strong>, this domain provides concepts and cases to navigate real-world diversity with depth and care. You’ll examine how inequality is produced and challenged across family, gender, sexuality, race\/ethnicity, religion, and belief systems, building the ability to translate complex social realities into inclusive practices and thoughtful interventions.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2932<\/strong><\/p>\n\tThe Power of Ideas in the Malay World<\/p>\n\t
SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tNature and Nurture<\/p>\n\t
SC4218\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tReligion, Secularity and Post-Secularity<\/p>\n\t
SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSexuality in Comparative Perspective<\/p>\n\t
SC3203\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRace and Ethnic Relations<\/p>\n\t
SC2220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tGender Studies<\/p>\n\t
SC2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Family<\/p>\n\t
SC2204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Inequalities: Who Gets Ahead?<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEnvironment, Risk and Sustainability\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering pathways in sustainability, climate adaptation, ESG\/CSR, environmental policy, or community resilience<\/strong>, this domain helps you understand the human side of environmental change. You’ll examine how risk and uncertainty are experienced differently across social groups, how institutions respond (or fail to), and why environment-society relationships matter for real-world decision-making, especially in climate-affected contexts.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC6218<\/strong><\/p>\n\tEnvironment and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC4880E<\/strong><\/p>\n\tClimate, Risk, Uncertainty and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC2221\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tHumans and Natures<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Careers in research develop critical skills in analysis, problem solving, and evidence-based decision making, enabling professionals to influence policy, industry innovation, and scientific advancement.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n\t
Click to Learn more \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/h5>\n\n\t\t\tResearch\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tData Analysis\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers where decisions must be justified with evidence – UX research, market insights, policy evaluation, programme monitoring, or research roles<\/strong> – this domain gives you a strong foundation to investigate social worlds rigorously. You’ll learn how to design studies, collect and interpret qualitative and quantitative data, and communicate findings clearly to different audiences, skills that travel across the public sector, private industry, and civil society.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN2101<\/strong><\/p>\n\tResearch Methods in Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMethods of Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3209\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tData Analysis in Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3221\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tQualitative Inquiry<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tPublic Sector and Policy\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tDevelopment, Urbanization and Mobility\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re drawn to big questions about\u00a0cities, development, and migration<\/strong>, this domain helps you connect “macro” forces to everyday experiences on the ground. It’s especially relevant for students interested in\u00a0urban planning, community development, education initiatives, and migration-related work<\/strong>, including roles in government, consultancies, and NGOs.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4882B\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCitizenship, Nation and Globalization<\/p>\n\t
SC4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Migration<\/p>\n\t
SC3227<\/strong><\/p>\n\tModernity and Social Change<\/p>\n\t
SC3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC3204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Education<\/p>\n\t
AN4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
AN3208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCritiquing Development<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tGovernance and Law\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0governance, justice, policy, compliance, or community safety<\/strong>, this domain builds the analytical toolkit to understand how rules, power, and institutions shape real lives. You’ll examine law in everyday life, deviance and social control, policing and security, and the social dynamics of authority and legitimacy, useful in public administration, regulatory work, and justice-sector organisations.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2916\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLove that Kills<\/p>\n\t
SC4880D<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolicing and Security: Past, Present and Future<\/p>\n\t
SC3215<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLaw and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule<\/p>\n\t
SC2212<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Deviance<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tHealth, Wellbeing and Population\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you want to work in\u00a0healthcare, public health, ageing services, or social services<\/strong>, this domain helps you see beyond purely biomedical explanations to the social realities that shape health outcomes. You’ll explore mental health, emotions, ageing, drugs and society, and population issues, giving you the perspective needed for\u00a0service design, community health programmes, and policy\/evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0work that actually fits how people live.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2915<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBeyond the Good and Evil of Drugs<\/p>\n\t
GEN2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPurposeful and Productive Aging in Community<\/p>\n\t
SC4220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAging and Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2226<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Mental Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2216\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tEmotions and Social Life<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedical Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPopulation and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBiocultural Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tPrivate Sector and Industry\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tDigital Life, AI and Technology\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re curious about\u00a0AI, digital platforms, and technological change<\/strong>\u00a0and want to work at the intersection of people and technology, this domain trains you to ask the “so what?” questions that responsible tech work depends on. You’ll learn how technologies shape identities, relationships, institutions, and inequalities, preparing you for pathways in\u00a0tech governance, responsible AI, user research, and innovation-and-society roles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC3211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tScience, Technology and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAI and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN3209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAnthropology of Technology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEconomies, Work and Organizations\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0consulting, HR, organisational development, market research, or finance\/risk<\/strong>, this domain gives you a “people-in-systems” lens for understanding workplaces, organisations, markets, and crises. You’ll explore how networks and institutions shape economic life, why cultures of work matter, and how financial disruptions have social origins and consequences, insights that are valuable across many corporate and public-sector settings.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN4206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolitical Economy of Music<\/p>\n\t
SC4219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Origins and Consequences of Financial Crises<\/p>\n\t
SC4203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Organizations<\/p>\n\t
SC3226\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMarkets and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC2209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMoney, Business and Social Networks<\/p>\n\t
SC2202\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Work<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tMedia and Creative Industries\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering a career in\u00a0creative industries,<\/strong>\u00a0media, communications, content strategy, cultural organisations, or audience research<\/strong>, this domain builds critical skills and industry-relevant knowledge. You’ll learn to analyse popular culture and visual storytelling, understand how cultural production is shaped by power and policy, and develop strong interpretive and communication skills, useful for media strategy, cultural management, and public-facing work.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Language and Communication<\/p>\n\t
SC3213\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Ethnography: Theory and Practice<\/p>\n\t
SC2229<\/strong><\/p>\n\tK-drama and Sociological Imagination<\/p>\n\t
AN3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Culture<\/p>\n\t
AN2204\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedia Anthropology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tCivil Society and Community\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tCulture, Community and Everyday Life\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you enjoy understanding people “where they are” – in communities, cultural spaces, and everyday routines – this domain is for you. It develops cultural literacy and ethnographic sensitivity that’s especially useful for community development, heritage\/cultural work, education and outreach, events\/ tourism, and social impact programmes<\/strong>. You’ll explore how meaning and belonging are made through food, ritual, senses, sport, storytelling, and the uncanny.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2913<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRepresenting Live(s)<\/p>\n\t
AN3207<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSports and Society
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AN3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRitual, Performance and Symbolic Action<\/p>\n\t
AN2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tFood and Foodways<\/p>\n\t
AN2203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPeoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia<\/p>\n\t
AN2202<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCulture and Society<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tIdentity, Diversity and Social Justice\t<\/h5>\n\t
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SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tNature and Nurture<\/p>\n\t
SC4218\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tReligion, Secularity and Post-Secularity<\/p>\n\t
SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSexuality in Comparative Perspective<\/p>\n\t
SC3203\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRace and Ethnic Relations<\/p>\n\t
SC2220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tGender Studies<\/p>\n\t
SC2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Family<\/p>\n\t
SC2204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Inequalities: Who Gets Ahead?<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEnvironment, Risk and Sustainability\t<\/h5>\n\t
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SC4880E<\/strong><\/p>\n\tClimate, Risk, Uncertainty and Society<\/p>\n\t
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\n\t\t\tData Analysis\t<\/h5>\n\t
I\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN2101<\/strong><\/p>\n\tResearch Methods in Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMethods of Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3209\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tData Analysis in Social Research<\/p>\n\t
SC3221\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tQualitative Inquiry<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tPublic Sector and Policy\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tDevelopment, Urbanization and Mobility\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re drawn to big questions about\u00a0cities, development, and migration<\/strong>, this domain helps you connect “macro” forces to everyday experiences on the ground. It’s especially relevant for students interested in\u00a0urban planning, community development, education initiatives, and migration-related work<\/strong>, including roles in government, consultancies, and NGOs.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4882B\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCitizenship, Nation and Globalization<\/p>\n\t
SC4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Migration<\/p>\n\t
SC3227<\/strong><\/p>\n\tModernity and Social Change<\/p>\n\t
SC3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC3204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Education<\/p>\n\t
AN4210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tUrban Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
AN3208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCritiquing Development<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tGovernance and Law\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0governance, justice, policy, compliance, or community safety<\/strong>, this domain builds the analytical toolkit to understand how rules, power, and institutions shape real lives. You’ll examine law in everyday life, deviance and social control, policing and security, and the social dynamics of authority and legitimacy, useful in public administration, regulatory work, and justice-sector organisations.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2916\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLove that Kills<\/p>\n\t
SC4880D<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolicing and Security: Past, Present and Future<\/p>\n\t
SC3215<\/strong><\/p>\n\tLaw and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule<\/p>\n\t
SC2212<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Deviance<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tHealth, Wellbeing and Population\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you want to work in\u00a0healthcare, public health, ageing services, or social services<\/strong>, this domain helps you see beyond purely biomedical explanations to the social realities that shape health outcomes. You’ll explore mental health, emotions, ageing, drugs and society, and population issues, giving you the perspective needed for\u00a0service design, community health programmes, and policy\/evaluation<\/strong>\u00a0work that actually fits how people live.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2915<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBeyond the Good and Evil of Drugs<\/p>\n\t
GEN2008<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPurposeful and Productive Aging in Community<\/p>\n\t
SC4220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAging and Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2226<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Mental Health<\/p>\n\t
SC2216\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tEmotions and Social Life<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedical Sociology<\/p>\n\t
SC2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPopulation and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN2208<\/strong><\/p>\n\tBiocultural Perspectives on Health and Wellbeing<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tPrivate Sector and Industry\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tDigital Life, AI and Technology\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re curious about\u00a0AI, digital platforms, and technological change<\/strong>\u00a0and want to work at the intersection of people and technology, this domain trains you to ask the “so what?” questions that responsible tech work depends on. You’ll learn how technologies shape identities, relationships, institutions, and inequalities, preparing you for pathways in\u00a0tech governance, responsible AI, user research, and innovation-and-society roles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC3211<\/strong><\/p>\n\tScience, Technology and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC210<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAI and Society<\/p>\n\t
AN3209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tAnthropology of Technology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEconomies, Work and Organizations\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering careers in\u00a0consulting, HR, organisational development, market research, or finance\/risk<\/strong>, this domain gives you a “people-in-systems” lens for understanding workplaces, organisations, markets, and crises. You’ll explore how networks and institutions shape economic life, why cultures of work matter, and how financial disruptions have social origins and consequences, insights that are valuable across many corporate and public-sector settings.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tAN4206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPolitical Economy of Music<\/p>\n\t
SC4219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Origins and Consequences of Financial Crises<\/p>\n\t
SC4203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Organizations<\/p>\n\t
SC3226\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMarkets and Society<\/p>\n\t
SC2209<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMoney, Business and Social Networks<\/p>\n\t
SC2202\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Work<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tMedia and Creative Industries\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you’re considering a career in\u00a0creative industries,<\/strong>\u00a0media, communications, content strategy, cultural organisations, or audience research<\/strong>, this domain builds critical skills and industry-relevant knowledge. You’ll learn to analyse popular culture and visual storytelling, understand how cultural production is shaped by power and policy, and develop strong interpretive and communication skills, useful for media strategy, cultural management, and public-facing work.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tSC4205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Language and Communication<\/p>\n\t
SC3213\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Ethnography: Theory and Practice<\/p>\n\t
SC2229<\/strong><\/p>\n\tK-drama and Sociological Imagination<\/p>\n\t
AN3206<\/strong><\/p>\n\tVisual Culture<\/p>\n\t
AN2204\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tMedia Anthropology<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tCivil Society and Community\t<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\tCulture, Community and Everyday Life\t<\/h5>\n\t
If you enjoy understanding people “where they are” – in communities, cultural spaces, and everyday routines – this domain is for you. It develops cultural literacy and ethnographic sensitivity that’s especially useful for community development, heritage\/cultural work, education and outreach, events\/ tourism, and social impact programmes<\/strong>. You’ll explore how meaning and belonging are made through food, ritual, senses, sport, storytelling, and the uncanny.<\/p>\n\tI\u00a0 Courses include<\/strong><\/h6>\n\tHS2913<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRepresenting Live(s)<\/p>\n\t
AN3207<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSports and Society
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AN3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRitual, Performance and Symbolic Action<\/p>\n\t
AN2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tFood and Foodways<\/p>\n\t
AN2203<\/strong><\/p>\n\tPeoples and Cultures of Southeast Asia<\/p>\n\t
AN2202<\/strong><\/p>\n\tCulture and Society<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tIdentity, Diversity and Social Justice\t<\/h5>\n\t
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SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tNature and Nurture<\/p>\n\t
SC4218\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tReligion, Secularity and Post-Secularity<\/p>\n\t
SC3219<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSexuality in Comparative Perspective<\/p>\n\t
SC3203\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\tRace and Ethnic Relations<\/p>\n\t
SC2220<\/strong><\/p>\n\tGender Studies<\/p>\n\t
SC2205<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSociology of Family<\/p>\n\t
SC2204<\/strong><\/p>\n\tSocial Inequalities: Who Gets Ahead?<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\tEnvironment, Risk and Sustainability\t<\/h5>\n\t
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SC4880E<\/strong><\/p>\n\tClimate, Risk, Uncertainty and Society<\/p>\n\t
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Research Methods in Anthropology<\/p>\n\t
SC2211<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Methods of Social Research<\/p>\n\t SC3209\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Data Analysis in Social Research<\/p>\n\t SC3221\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Qualitative Inquiry<\/p>\n If you’re drawn to big questions about\u00a0cities, development, and migration<\/strong>, this domain helps you connect “macro” forces to everyday experiences on the ground. 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You’ll examine law in everyday life, deviance and social control, policing and security, and the social dynamics of authority and legitimacy, useful in public administration, regulatory work, and justice-sector organisations.<\/p>\n\t HS2916\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Love that Kills<\/p>\n\t SC4880D<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Policing and Security: Past, Present and Future<\/p>\n\t SC3215<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Law and Society<\/p>\n\t SC3205<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Sociology of Power: Who Gets to Rule<\/p>\n\t SC2212<\/strong><\/p>\n\t Sociology of Deviance<\/p>\n If you want to work in\u00a0healthcare, public health, ageing services, or social services<\/strong>, this domain helps you see beyond purely biomedical explanations to the social realities that shape health outcomes. 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