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Capstone project in media and cultural studies

SOCI4098

1st semester

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  • The Capstone Project is a six-credit compulsory course for major students in a sociological subject to be offered in the final year of study. It aims to provide students with the opportunity to integrate their sociological knowledge and skills through a series of workshop, class discussion, student presentations, portfolio work and experiential learning. The Capstone Project should normally be undertaken in a small group of two or three students. Students will be allocated a supervisor who will help them identify a topic of interest that is relevant to the core discipline. All projects should contain an element of public engagement.

    Students should take this course in Semester 1, however those with exceptional reasons (e.g. study abroad) may apply to the Department for special approval to complete the course in Semester 2.



  • By the end of the course, students are expected to have the ability to:

    1. demonstrate their sociological knowledge

    2. analyse a topic of study with critical and reflexive perspectives

    3. communicate their research project progress to classmates by producing a video

    4. reflect upon pivotal moments in the research process through written process records

    5. communicate the outcome of their study and its sociological relevance into a written paper, other forms of creative output or community activities

  • Tasks

    Weighting

    Project proposal

    20%

    Process records

    20%

    Project-in-progress video

    30%

    Final work

    30%


  • Becker, Howard S. 1986. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, with a chapter by Pamela Richards. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.


    Becker, Howard S. 2007. Telling About Society. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.


    Harper, Douglas. 1988. “Visual Sociology: Expanding Sociological Vision.” The American Sociologist, Volume 19, Issue 1, pp.54-70.


    Turner, Victor W., and Edward M. Bruner. 1986. The Anthropology of Experience. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

Assistant Professor

Prof Lai Wei

Assistant Professor

Prof Isak Ladegaard

Assistant Professor

Prof Duoduo Xu

Associate Professor

Prof Peng Wang

Associate Professor

Prof Xiaoli Tian

Assistant Professor

Prof Ioana Sendroiu

Associate Professor

Prof Tom McDonald

Associate Professor

Prof Paul Joosse

Assistant Professor

Prof Sinn Won Han
Course co-ordinator and teachers
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