T E C H N O L O G Y, N E T W O R K S
AND SOCIETY
Technology is a key feature
of contemporary life. With the
rise of digital technologies,
we are living in a society being
transformed by social media,
networks of data and intelligent
machines. This program of
study explores these processes
and relations.
Global ranking:
#10
for Sociolology
QS World Rankings by Subject 2019
ANU College of
Arts & Social
Sciences
About studying Technology, transformative impact of technology
Networks and Society on society and vice versa. It explores
central sociological concerns such
Technological change has profound
as social inequality and stratification,
effects on the structure and experience
identity and embodiment, production
of social life and social relations,
and consumption, social justice and
promoting widespread changes in
the nature of power, all in the context
identity, knowledge, work, health,
relationships, communication,
of historical and contemporary
technological transformations.
economics and politics. This major
However, it is an interdisciplinary
gives students the tools to understand
major/minor, drawing on insights from
and analyse the social and cultural
drivers and everyday effects of
communication and media studies,
cultural studies, science and technology
technological change. It also enables
studies, economics, geography and
students to develop skills in cutting-
edge digital methods and expertise
political science.
in online social research. These skills Career Opportunities
and expertise will be in demand in the
knowledge economies of the present A degree in this interdisciplinary field
and future. provides students with high level
Technology, Networks and Society
transferable skills and knowledge.
It enables them to contribute to
adopts a primarily sociological
perspective to explore the
intellectual and policy debates about
key social issues.
A Technology, Networks and Society major prepares Flexible Double Degree
students to work in rapidly expanding arenas of digital The Bachelor of Arts can be combined with degrees in Law,
technology and the knowledge economy. Potential careers Business or Science as part of the ANU Flexible Double
include digital and social media marketing, digital strategy, Degree program. For a full list of degree combinations see
social architecture, network analysis, data analytics, user anu.edu.au/study/study-options/flexible-double
experience research and social policy.
More broadly, sociological training prepares graduates for Prizes & scholarships
careers in policy, journalism, project management, market
There are a number of scholarships for both international
research, community development, welfare administration,
and domestic students. To find out if you are eligible see
human resources, youth and family services, crime and
anu.edu.au/students/scholarships-fees/scholarships
justice services, workforce research and health services.
Graduates are employed in federal, state and local Further information
government departments and research agencies, in
Course Convenor, Jenny Davis
community service organisations and NGOs, and in
jennifer.davis@anu.edu.au
companies and consultancy work.
T 1800 620 032
Sociology at the ANU E futurestudent@anu.edu.au
ANU is ranked number one in Australia and 10th in the W cass.anu.edu.au/study
world for sociology.1 Sociology at ANU is available as a
major or minor within the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor
ANU-School-Of-Sociology
of European Studies. Sociology students benefit from
the discipline’s international profile, from being taught
by world-leading scholars, and from exposure to cutting @ANU_SOCY
edge research findings. Topics covered in the sociology
curriculum include surveillance and digital society, risk and
everyday life, media and communication, science and
technology studies, gender and sexuality, education and
inequality, environment and development, health and illness,
social theory, social research methodology and social policy.
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