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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Social and Political Science : Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies)

Postgraduate Course: Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change (PGSP11257)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryScotland has been an integral part of the United Kingdom, a highly centralised and unitary state, for nearly 300 years. Yet Scotland has survived the Union of 1707, and indeed flourished, as a distinctive nation with a distinctive civil society. Scotland provides an important test case for the proposition that the quest for self-determination occurs in the context of major shifts in social and political arrangements at the global level. This course reviews the sociological concepts available to understand Scotland, examining issues such as social class and social mobility, economic development, heritage, the media, religion, identity and culture. The course also aims to move beyond any narrow conception of sociology to incorporate insights from other perspectives. This multidisciplinary approach will develop an understanding of Scotland's place in the contemporary world which takes into account appropriate historical, political and theoretical perspectives.
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-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Students will be able to critically review and assess the sociological concepts available to understand contemporary Scotland
  2. Students will be able to critically evaluate issues relating to Scottish identity, in particular gender, class, religion, ethnicity, language, culture and integration/exclusion
  3. tudents will have developed a critical appreciation of gender inequality, social mobility and class reproduction in Scotland, with specific reference to social and educational ideologies
  4. Students will have developed a critical ppreciation of the broad countours of modern Scottih politics, especially those of the post 1979 period.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Michael Rosie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1651
Email: M.J.Rosie@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Kate Ferguson
Tel: (0131 6)51 5122
Email: kate.ferguson@ed.ac.uk
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