Undergraduate Course: Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field (SCAN08004)
Course Outline
School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
Summary | This course will provide a historical overview of anthropological thought and will be taught through an introduction to keywords that have helped to shape the development of social anthropology. The thematic approach is designed to be engaging and stimulating to students and to help to foster critical conceptual and theoretical thought. It will highlight the continued significance of key concepts and oppositions over time.
The course will be organized around the exploration of a cluster of linked keywords. Each year the course team will concentrate on 4 clusters chosen from the following: primitive and modern; science and romance; structure, function and process; society and culture; mind and materiality; time and change; the human and the environment. Lectures and tutorials will explore the place of each cluster of keywords in the history of anthropology, while providing examples of their continued importance in contemporary anthropology.
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Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | Visiting students should usually have at least 1 introductory level Social Anthropology course at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.
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Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 141 |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 2,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
164 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
50 %,
Coursework
50 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
Two essays (25% each of the overall mark) and one take-home exam paper (50% of the overall mark) consisting of two sections of 1000-words maximum each. You MUST pass the exam to pass the course. |
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
Students will gain a broad appreciation of different theoretical perspectives and of how these perspectives have shaped ethnographic writing.
By the end of the course students will be able to:
- identify these theories in ethnographic studies and assess them critically with respect to persuasiveness of the arguments;
- judge whether ethnographic studies should have an 'argument' and to what extent they can provide an account of people's everyday experience.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Additional Class Delivery Information |
Plus 1 tutorial per week, starting in week 2. |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Jon Bialecki
Tel: (0131 6)51 5534
Email: Jon.Bialecki@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Ewen Miller
Tel: (0131 6)50 3925
Email: Ewen.Miller@ed.ac.uk |
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