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SC1101E Making Sense of Society
Students are introduced to the concepts used in Sociology and Anthropology. The main objective is to train students to use Sociology in analyzing social institutions and processes. For this reason, students are encouraged to relate their experiences in society to the discipline of Sociology and Anthropology. The topics covered in the module are the logic and methods of social investigation; family, work and organisation; power and the state; social inequality (including gender and ethnicity); mass communication and popular culture; values and beliefs; and deviance and social control.

GEK1005 Cultures in the Contemporary World Precludes: GEM1005K
This course is designed to offer all students throughout NUS an introduction to the anthropological perspective within the social sciences. The course covers a variety of topics
including globalisation and inequality, forms of exchange, the politics of gender, ideas about
sexuality and marriage, and issues of ethnicity and identity. Viewing these issues anthropologically means putting them into a comparative and historical perspective. The course is designed to show you how to see the connections between processes of changes at different levels - from your own life, to wider changes in Singapore and elsewhere in the world - via an anthropological perspective

GEK1041 Understanding Globalization Precludes: GEM2016K
This module proposes to examine the processes of globalization and seeks to provide a deeper understanding of it. The world is globalizing both culturally and economically. We need to ask whether this process is creating a single world without borders or intensifying cultural differences between societies. By discussing various trends of the interdependent world, the course helps us in understanding the various processes of globalization involve societal, cultural, technological, political, and economic processes, we will take an interdisciplinary framework in understanding this diverse experience. The course will specifically highlight the problems and prospects of the contemporary world.

SSA1201 Singapore Society Precludes SS1202SC
This module introduces students to critical developments in the development of Singapore as a society and nation-state. It enables students to develop skills in understanding and making sense of Singapore society. It also encourages them to develop alternative interpretations of the development of Singapore society. The topics include: the origins of Singapore, ideology and identity, ethnic relations, industrialization, family, gender, religion, the state and civil society. This is a Singapore Studies module and is open to students from all faculties.

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