SOCIO2200 Sociology of Health and Illness
Health and illness are culturally salient topics, both within Australia and globally. This course provides a sociological perspective on how the experience of health and illness are culturally constructed. In doing so, it will explore a range of issues relevant to understanding health and illness including the construction of medicine as a social institution, the cultural conditions that shape health and illness regionally and globally. This course will also examine the social patterning of health and illness including political and economic constraints, lay and expert health knowledge, the monitoring and surveillance of health and illness and the role of new technologies in health and health care.
Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) unit fee
A Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) is one that is subsidised by the Australian Government, which means students only pay the student contribution amount of the tuition fee. CSPs are only available to eligible domestic students.
The student contribution amount depends on the unit and how much funding the Government provides. Each unit is classified into a band based on its discipline (which may be different to your overall course discipline).
2025 student contribution amount: $2,124
2025 grandfathered student contribution amount (for students who commenced before 1 Jan 2021*): $997
* If you are a continuing student (who commenced your course before 1 January 2021) you will continue paying the same amount as you would have, had legislative reforms not been implemented for any units that would otherwise have an increased student contribution amount.