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THE UNIVERSITY of EDINBURGHDEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2008/2009
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Classic Texts in Western Political Theory (P02754)? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-P02754 Each year, the course studies, in part or as a whole, a small number of texts that have been influential in the general development of Western political theory. From year to year, the texts taught may vary – but what they have in common is that they have generated controversy, and have become part of the basis of present-day political theory. Entry Requirementsnone Subject AreasHome subject areaPolitics and International Relations, (School of Social and Political Science, Schedule J) Delivery Information? Normal year taken : Postgraduate ? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown ? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 10 weeks Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
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1. To improve, through practice and discussion, a student’s skills in interpreting texts. 2. To expand a reader’s knowledge of the history of political theory. 3. To provide a reader with an experience of in-depth reading. 4. To provide a student with the opportunity of studying texts which, although they may currently be influential, were produce in different times and in different historical circumstances. 5. To demonstrate how political theory may be, at once, conceptual and interpretative. LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of the course, students will have read, in part or as a whole, a small number of influential works in the history of Western political theory. Students should have become familiar with issues of interpretation, and issues of conceptual enquiry, to which the works give rise. They should have learnt to explore questions that are framed in terms different from those of the twentieth-first century. They should have deepened their understanding of the history of social and political ideas. Assessment Information
4000 word essay
Contact and Further InformationThe Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries. Course Secretary Mrs Sue Grant Course Organiser Mr Richard Gunn School Website : http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/ College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/ |
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