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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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, 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:
0
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
5 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
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| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Have acquired basic skills in literature searches and creating a bibliography.
- Read and understand the basic argument of anthropological articles.
- Write and structure an anthropological essay; how to plan for revision and basic revision techniques.
- Develop 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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