Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology (SCAN08007)
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 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 0 |
ECTS Credits | 0 |
Summary | A course to help familiarise students with university study and to introduce students to anthropology at Edinburgh. It focuses on generic academic study skills, but using anthropological texts as key exemplars. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
5 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will have acquired basic skills in literature searches and creating a bibliography; how to read and understand the basic argument of anthropological articles; how to write and structure an anthropological essay; how to plan for revision and basic revision techniques. The course also assists with the development of core presentation skills including public speaking, the creation of summaries for presentation, and visual literacy.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Delwar Hussain
Tel:
Email: dhussain@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Vanessa Feldberg
Tel: (0131 6)50 3933
Email: vanessa.feldberg@ed.ac.uk |
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