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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Social Anthropology

Undergraduate Course: Belief, Thought and Language (SCAN10032)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaSocial Anthropology Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course surveys anthropological approaches and debates regarding core human practices of thought, belief, and language; this includes attention to the conflicts and resonances between both 'emic' metapragmatics, and academic accounts of these fields. Through a selection of ethnographic and theoretical texts, this course will explore issue such as:

a) The question of whether or in what ways human cognition might vary between groups, and the differing capacities that come from different modes of thought,

b) Whether 'belief' is a universal category and the ways in which belief might be differently organized in relation to objects of belief, and

c) Different ways in which language is imagined to 'work,' and whether language has a special relationship to either belief, thought, or both.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 Anthropology courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information 50 minutes per week for 9 week(s).
Course Start Date 13/01/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 165 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 70 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 10 %
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)2:00
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
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Assessment Information
Assessed coursework(20%)and long essay (80%), both in a take home open book format.
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Jon Bialecki
Tel: (0131 6)51 5534
Email: Jon.Bialecki@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Victoria Machirant
Tel: (0131 6)51 1480
Email: v1vmachi@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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