Postgraduate Course: Colonial Science and its Legacies (PGSP11117)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
The course will cover the development and exchange of scientific knowledge between the 'West' and the rest of the world from the Enlightenment until the third quarter of the twentieth century. Case studies that focus on the British Empire and her African possessions will predominate, but examples from India, Australia and other European imperial spaces will be considered. The latter half of the course will look closely at the growth of policies of 'scientific development' in the twentieth century.
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Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should have gained a thorough understanding of the themes and issues surrounding scientific and technical transfer in imperial spaces; and how these events have contributed to the ideology and practice of international development and globalisation discourse. Furthermore they will have an advanced knowledge of the historiographical and sociological literature on these themes.
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Assessment Information
30% of assessment short reposnses to seminar topics
70% essay of 2-3000 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Lawrence Dritsas
Tel:
Email: L.Dritsas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Helen O'Shea
Tel: (0131 6)50 9703
Email: v1ohelen@staffmail.ed.ac.uk |
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