ATS3852 Researching social justice
Faculty of Arts
ATS3852 Researching social justice is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Clayton. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Semester 2
- Clayton
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS3852
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After ATS3852
No unit lists ATS3852 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prohibition: BHS3130, ATS3749, SCY2150, AZA3852
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of second-year Arts units.
Overview
In this unit, you will learn what social justice issues are in contemporary social sciences, why social scientists study social justice issues, and how we study them. You will gain insights into a diversity of online and offline methods used to research social justice issues. You will undertake an extensive review of the relevant academic literature on a topic of your choice and design a research proposal to study this topic.
Offerings in 2025
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- In-Class Participation ActivityExercise15%
- PitchWritten10%
- Literature reviewWritten25%
- Research proposalWritten35%
- Presentation15%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
understand what social justice issues are in contemporary social sciences;
- 2
demonstrate collaborative and communication skills;
- 3
defend your choice of methods to study a social justice issue;
- 4
examine critical and theoretical debates on a social justice issue;
- 5
evaluate the extant literature on a social justice issue;
- 6
design a research proposal that justifies methodological approaches and choice of social justice issue.
Workload and teaching
- Workshops24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachEnquiry-based learning
- Teaching approachResearch activities
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit engages you in actively applying your knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
This unit engages you in enquiry-based learning, where you will be encouraged to use your own knowledge to develop and engage in a process of enquiry, study and research to identify areas to be investigated and an approach to doing so.
This unit allows you to develop their research skills by engaging in structured inquiry using a systematic approach and discipline-specific methodologies.
This unit includes problem-based learning approaches, where you engage in research, integrate theory and practice and apply knowledge and skills to develop viable solutions in response to a problem or set of problems.
Learning resources
Required resources
There are required texts for this unit. Required texts are usually available for purchase through the University Bookstore (https://www.monash.edu/retail/books-and-merchandise-store/Textbooks) and for loan through the library (https://www.monash.edu/library).
Where it fits
ATS3852 is part of 9 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
- BEHVRSTD01Level 3 capstone unitsBehavioural StudiesNo reviews yet
- CRIMINOL06Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCriminologyNo reviews yet
- CRIMINOL09Level 2 and 3 elective unitsCriminologyNo reviews yet
- GENDERST06Elective unitsGender studiesNo reviews yet
- GENDERST07Elective unitsGender studiesNo reviews yet
- INDIGSTD01Level 2 and 3 elective unitsIndigenous studiesNo reviews yet
- INDIGSTD02Level 2 and 3 elective unitsIndigenous studiesNo reviews yet
- SOCIOLG05Level 3 capstone unitsSociologyNo reviews yet
- SOCIOLG06Level 2 and 3 elective unitsSociologyNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Dr Sylvia Ang
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Sylvia Ang
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3852?
ATS3852 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS3852 offered?
In 2025, ATS3852 runs in Semester 2 at Clayton.
How much work is ATS3852?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS3852 have an exam?
No. ATS3852 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS3852?
ATS3852 is part of Behavioural Studies, Criminology, Gender studies, Indigenous studies and Sociology.