Undergraduate Course: Minorities in Multicultural Society (GEGR10035)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course introduces Canada as a young and territorially enormous country, with a small and highly diversified population. The emergence of dominant groups is outlined, and their attempts to achieve national growth and stability while maintaining power is explored. In particular, this involves the discussion of immigration and settlement policies, the creation of an officially bilingual state, and the promotion of multiculturalism. The course then focuses on the way in which minorities defined by gender, 'race' and culture have been treated within Canadian society, and on their attempts to redefine positions of marginality. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 41 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 22,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 22,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
148 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
60 %,
Coursework
40 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Class assessment: As specified in course handbook
Degree assessment: One two-hour examination (2 questions) (60%) AND One 2,000 word essay (40%)
Overall mark for the course (ie degree coursework and examinations) of at least 40
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| Exam Information |
| Exam Diet |
Paper Name |
Hours & Minutes |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- To explore the diverse ways in which hegemony and resistance operate over time in the context of a single state.
To explore processes associated with the social construction of categories of "nation", "race", "gender" and "culture".
To explore intersections of socially constructed categories as they enhance hegemonic power and as they are deployed in challenges to it.
To explore multiculturalism in theory and practice.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jan Penrose
Tel: (0131 6)50 8161
Email: dr.j.penrose@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Beth Muir
Tel: (0131 6)50 9847
Email: beth.muir@ed.ac.uk |
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