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Postgraduate Course: Science and Society A (BIME11079)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course explores the development of public engagement from a broadly sociological perspective. It considers the social, cultural and political context in which the public engagement agenda has emerged over the past 20 years, and how this agenda has, in turn, helped shape the governance of science and technology. A key theme pursued throughout the course is the construction of knowledge and expertise in the context of public engagement and in societal issues in which science is a factor.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. An understanding of the deficit model of scienc communication
  2. An awareness of the development of policy debates about public engagement and an awareness of the key issues
  3. A knowledge of the conceptual tools and theoretical approaches for the study of public engagement from a social science perspective
  4. An understanding of the social and political aspects of lay-expert relations and how a social science analysis can further our understanding of these issues
Reading List
Reading material will be released on a week-by-week basis throughout the duration of the course.
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.sciencecommunication.mvm.ed.ac.uk/online/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment Learn as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access, of which will be made available to registered users.
KeywordsSCPE-OLDL-SSa
Contacts
Course organiserDr Elizabeth Stevenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3258
Email: E.Stevenson@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Stephen Graham
Tel: (0131 6)51 6132
Email: Stephen.Graham@ed.ac.uk
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