This course aims to provide you with a grounding in the major social and critical theoretical traditions and orientations informing contemporary research. It focuses on a range of theoretical approaches used for knowledge production through research and inquiry in social science, creative disciplines, and transdisciplinary research.
In this course you will develop skills as critical readers of social and critical theories as well as understandings of the purposes of theory in research and its application within students' disciplines.

Topics to be covered include:
What is social and critical theory and why use it in research?
- Theory, ontology and epistemology
- Theory as a tool for understanding research
- Theorising in research
Theory, power and challenging oppressions
- Theoretical histories
- Theory from below
- Speaking truth to power
Theoretical journeys
- Thinking with theory
- Writing with theory