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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Science Studies Unit

Undergraduate Course: Science and Society 1A (SCSU08001)

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 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) Credits20
Home subject areaScience Studies Unit Other subject areaEnvironmental Courses
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThis course looks at the way that the sciences have constructed ideas about people which have an impact on society. It does so by considering a number of historical and contemporary examples, as well as by providing a methodological framework through which to consider these examples. Topics covered include madness, sexuality, gender, reproductive technologies, the body, race, criminality, science and the law and the public understanding of science.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  Yes Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 16/09/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 33, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 163 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students who have completed the course successfully should be able to:

1. Dispel the conventional picture of science as pure and immune from society, and of scientific knowledge as an objective truth about individuals. Replace this picture with a more nuanced and historically-accurate understanding of science, scientists and scientific knowledge, particularly how they impact on the construction of individuals, derived from case studies in the history of the human sciences and from contemporary issues.

2. Appreciate and understand the complexities of scientific discourses as they construct individuals and groups in society.

3. Understand and make use of some theoretical perspectives that are applied to the case studies selected in this course.

4. Be able to use both primary and secondary sources in essays (both of these types of source are prescribed each lecture, and their use will be discussed in the first lecture as well as when clarifying the essays in a lecture to be announced later in the course).
Assessment Information
Assessed by a short assessment approx. midway through the course (for up to 30% of the overall mark); and a long 2,000 word essay, submitted via Learn to a deadline date, for the remaining possible 70% of the overall mark. In order to pass the course, the long essay must be passed.
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Pablo Schyfter
Tel: (07880 874828)
Email: p.schyfter@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lizzie Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4457
Email: v1lrobe4@exseed.ed.ac.uk
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