Course syllabus

 

 

Important: NEW ONLINE COURSE GUIDE AVAILABLE An updated course guide that reflects our move to online learning is available by clicking here.  This guide is also available via Canvas Modules.  Thank you for your patience and understanding while I have been reorganising SOCSCIPH 200 to be an online course. Stay safe and stay well.

 

New lecture schedule

NOTE: Please see your weekly to-do's in our updated course guide. I will also post these each week via announcements.

Lectures will be delivered online by 10am each Friday (using power point recording). You can find lecture recordings via Canvas-Modules. Each lecture will be broken down into a series of short recordings so that you can easily download material. If you are having any problem downloading lectures please let Tara know. The new lecture schedule is outlined in the table below:

03 April	Heather Battles	What is an anthropological approach to infectious disease?
10 April	-	No lecture (Easter Friday)
01 May	Tara	How relevant is place to health and health care
08 May	Tara	Pacific peoples, mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa, NZ
15 May	Tara	Identity and health equity: the influence of age, class, gender and ethnicity
22 May	Tara	Media representations of young people and their impact on sexual health outcomes
29 May	Tara	Housing and health experiences among older people
05 June	Tara	No lecture – Instead there will be Canvas group discussion of tutorial assignments (see instructions in your course guide)
12 June	Tara	Course conclusions

New assignment due dates 

All assignments have now been produced as online assignments. Instructions for these are on Canvas under ‘Modules’ and ‘Assignments’.

• Take-home-test: due 17^th of April, 5pm (worth 20%)
• Online Tutorial assignment: due 22^nd of May, 5pm (worth 10%)
• Essay: due 1^st of June, 5pm (worth 30%)

New final assessment (worth 40%)

Your exam will now be delivered to you and completed by you online. Please see the final assessment information via Canvas Modules (delivered on Friday 12th of June).

 

--------------------------Below this line is our course page prior to Covid-19---------------------------

Kia ora! Welcome to SOCSCIPH 200

Semester one, 2020

 

Course description 

In this course you will be introduced to approaches to health issues from various disciplines within the Faculty of Arts, including sociology, geography, anthropology, history and political studies. What all the disciplines have in common is an appreciation that health issues can only be understood within their broader social context. From this course you will gain a greater understanding of the complexity of ‘health’ and the variety of ways of researching and analysing it. You will be familiar with key disciplinary concepts and have an appreciation of multi- and inter-disciplinarity. The course will enhance your ability to research, read, write, discuss and think critically about past and present health concerns. You will be able to apply your knowledge to a range of case studies from New Zealand and abroad.

Click here to view the course outline 

 

Course contact hours

Lectures: Fridays 10-12pm (Owen G Glenn, rm 055)

Tutorial options (you attend one per week only): 

• Fridays 1-2pm (Social Sciences-North, rm 429)
• Fridays 3-4pm (Short Street, rm 220)
• Note: Tutorials start in week 3

 

Course coordinator

Dr Tara Coleman, t.coleman@auckland.ac.nz

Office hours by appointment in building 201-E (HSB), room 715.

About me:

I coordinate the two core courses -- SOCSCIPH 200 and SOCSCIPH 300 -- within the Social Science for Public Health programme and work as a researcher in the School of Environment, University of Auckland, and with the Center for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA). I am interested in how broad social contexts and particular places, such as the home, community, schools and spaces of care, are involved in shaping health related beliefs, practices and outcomes. My areas of expertise include health, urban and political geographies, as well as interdisciplinary social science perspectives on health. My research has been concerned with ageing-in-place, young people and sexuality, chronic diseases and qualitative research methodologies.

 

Course prerequisites 

30 points at Stage I in Health Social Sciences or Social Science for Public Health, or 60 points passed 

Course restrictions 

HLTHSOC 200

 

A student who successfully completes this course will have the opportunity to:

• Acquire knowledge of a range of social sciences and apply this knowledge to an analysis of health issues and outcomes.
• Develop critical skills in evaluating and discussing: 1) current health inequities and the broad social factors underpinning the (re)production of inequities; 2) past, present and potential health concerns; and 3) key arguments regarding why and how a broad social science approach is needed to cope with and improve health concerns.
• Understand and carry out social science debate using key social science theories and concepts. 
• Develop sound knowledge of health related case studies from New Zealand and abroad.
• Develop an in-depth appreciation of multi- and inter-disciplinarity.
• Acquire skills in essay writing, critical thinking and academic literacy and oral communication.

 

Familiarise yourself with the course

Review modules (left side bar) to access content for each week of the course - modules will be updated with course resources each week. 

Weekly set readings

To access your weekly set readings please consult the Reading Lists tab in Canvas and the outline of prescribed and recommended texts given in the course outline. 

Course delivery

Interactive lectures and tutorials are held each week. You will be allocated to ONE tutorial stream (listed above).

Before each lecture and tutorial please complete the following:

1. Read the associated set readings.

2. Note any questions you may have.

3. Check the course outline and Canvas site to stay abreast of matters arising and key assessment dates.

  

Getting help

If you experience any difficulties with course content or course work completion please approach Tara in class, by email t.coleman@auckland.ac.nz, or attend course office hours. 

Inclusive learning

Please feel welcome to privately report any impairment-related requirements face-to-face and/or in written form and Tara will assist you appropriately. Please also communicate with Tara if you are experiencing any issue that hinders your ability to participate in the course and complete coursework. Please see course information on inclusive learning by clicking here. 

 Workload and deadlines for submission of coursework:           

The University of Auckland's expectation is that students spend 10 hours per week on a 15-point course, including time in class and personal study. Students should manage their academic workload and other commitments accordingly.

You should submit your work on time. In circumstances such as illness or due to compassionate consideration you may seek an extension. Please talk to  or email Tara (t.coleman@auckland.ac.nz)  if you are experiencing issues that hinder your ability to submit coursework. Tara will work with you wherever possible to assist you in submitting work.

Late assignments without an approved extension may be penalised by loss of marks – check your course outline and read our policy on late coursework by clicking here.