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

Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology (SCAN08007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits0 ECTS Credits0
SummaryA 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 and key practices as examples.
Course description How do anthropologists write? How do they make use of literature? How do they present their research? How does an excellent essay look? This course will answer these and other key questions about studying social anthropology. While primarily designed to make new students familiar with important academic skills, the course has a second aim: to strengthen connections between new students and introduce them to the subject area. Some sessions will be accompanied by activities outside the classroom.

NB: the course starts in Week 2 (Thursday, 27 September) and runs for 5 consecutive weeks.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 0 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 5 )
Assessment (Further Info) Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Have acquired basic skills in literature searches and creating a bibliography.
  2. Read and understand the basic argument of anthropological articles.
  3. Write and structure an anthropological essay; how to plan for revision and basic revision techniques.
  4. Develop core presentation skills including public speaking, the creation of summaries for presentation, and visual literacy.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Agustin Diz
Tel: (0131 6)50 3079
Email: adiz@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Ewen Miller
Tel: (0131 6)50 3925
Email: Ewen.Miller@ed.ac.uk
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