Undergraduate Course: Comparative Sociologies (SCIL10074)
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 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Sociology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COURSE FORMS PART OF THE NEW DEGREE PROGRAMME: MA GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY. THIS COURSE IS NORMALLY TAKEN IN FOURTH YEAR AND WILL NOT BE TAUGHT UNTIL 2016-2017.
This course is a required course for all students taking the MA in Global and International Sociology, and is normally taken in the fourth year of that degree programme. This course will not be delivered until 2016-17.
In the spirit of the journal International Sociology, this course aims to get students thinking comparatively and internationally. It explores statistical, historical and other comparative approaches to cross-national research, while allowing that the units of comparison need not be ¿national¿ societies. It also asks what a sociological approach might mean in diverse societal contexts, and whether the practice of sociology itself has regional and cultural inflections. Thus it engages postcolonial critiques of ¿western¿ sociological knowledge, and the possibility of ¿other¿ sociologies. Fleshing out theoretical issues, the second half of the course uses a comparative lens either (a) to explore some specific themes, e.g. happiness, gender equality, class conflict, changing family structures, etc., or (b) to explore the general sociology of two or more countries/societies. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: 0 |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
196 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
75 %,
Coursework
25 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
* Identify an array of comparative cross-national strategies, and assess their various advantages and disadvantages.
* Articulate and analyse the problem of defining societies as units of analysis, including in relation to the nation-state.
* Assess cultural and national variations in how sociology is understood and done, including beyond the contexts of Europe, North America, and the Anglophone world.
* Apply insights taken form the course to more specific comparative research themes.
* Communicate effectively on this topic, both verbally and in writing.
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Assessment Information
| Normally 25% short essay or similar exercise, and 75% long essay. Exact assessment to be specified at outset of course delivery. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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