HSC Society and Culture study guide
HSC Society and Culture · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
HSC Society and Culture is a Stage 6 Higher School Certificate course in the Human Society and Its Environment (HSIE) learning area, delivered under syllabuses set by the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA). NESA describes itself as the body that sets syllabuses, assessments, teaching and school standards for all schools in NSW, and describes the HSC as a world-class credential that helps young adults on the path to work, training and further education. The HSC Society and Culture study guide has 4 sections and about 1,226 words.
01Social and Cultural Continuity and Change
Continuity and change are best treated as a relationship, not opposites: societies preserve practices while also adapting them. Candidates must be able to define and apply tradition , modernity , evolutionary change , transformative change , resistance , acculturation , hybridisation , globalisation , agency , social inertia , and values and beliefs as drivers of persistence.
315 words, about 2 min02Personal and Social Identity
Identity is both personal (self-concept, self-esteem, personality, resilience) and social (roles, groups, labels, belonging). Candidates need confident working definitions of socialisation (primary and secondary), agents of socialisation (family, peers, school, media, religion, workplace), nature versus nurture , the self and self-concept , gender , sexuality , class , ethnicity , age , adolescence as a life stage , role conflict , stereotyping , prejudice , discrimination , conformity , and resilience .
304 words, about 2 min03Intercultural Communication
Intercultural communication studies how meaning is exchanged across cultural boundaries. Candidates must define culture , communication (verbal and non-verbal), enculturation , acculturation , ethnocentrism , cultural relativism , stereotyping , prejudice , racism , cultural imperialism , cultural hybridisation , and multiculturalism .
291 words, about 1 min04Depth Study: Popular Culture, Belief Systems and Ideologies, Social Inclusion and Exclusion, or Social Conformity and Nonconformity
The Depth Study tests whether candidates can apply the course's core concepts to a specific case. Across the four options, the recurring tools are continuity and change , identity , power , values and beliefs , socialisation , and agency .
316 words, about 2 min