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

Undergraduate Course: Social Anthropology 2: Into the Field (SCAN08004)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis 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.




Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting 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.

Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  141
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 200 ( 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 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 50 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 0 %
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.
Feedback Not entered
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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information Plus 1 tutorial per week, starting in week 2.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jon Bialecki
Tel: (0131 6)51 5534
Email: Jon.Bialecki@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Ewen Miller
Tel: (0131 6)50 3925
Email: Ewen.Miller@ed.ac.uk
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