Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Anthropological Practice (SCAN08006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 0 |
ECTS Credits | 0 |
| Summary | This course introduces students to anthropological practice outside academia, helps students understand potential career routes after anthropology honours, and the ways in which anthropological knowledge and skills relates to careers outside academia. The course includes a variety of presentations from alumnai and applied anthropologists. It
also includes a group project developing an anthropology zine. The course will introduce students to issues around 'applied' and 'public anthropology'. Broadly speaking, applied anthropology takes anthropological skills and insights, and puts them to work in other fields of work. Public anthropology is often seen as using anthropological insights to make contributions to wider public debates.
This course begins in week 1 and will run over five weeks. Each session is two hours long with a break in between. There will be three Fundamentals Sessions led by the course convenor and two Peer Sessions focusing on group work. |
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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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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- An understanding the uses of anthropology beyond academia
- An understanding of the different career routes following completion of a degree in anthropology
- Developed key skills in communicating anthropological arguments to non-academic audiences
- Acquired advanced skills in working in teams and producing collaborative outputs
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Sophie Haines
Tel: (0131 6)51 1717
Email: Sophie.Haines@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Katarzyna Pietrzak
Tel: (0131 6)51 3162
Email: K.Pietrzak@ed.ac.uk |
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