Postgraduate Course: The Material World (PGSP11131)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To allow students an opportunity to explore: the physicality, cultural specificity and temporality of objects; the role of material culture in the construction of human groups; the importance of objects in the maintenance of personal, social and cultural identity and to understand that objects are also an outcome of this process. To understand that artefacts not only express social relations but also that they act to establish such relationships.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
To provide each student, regardless of his or her discipline within the School, with a useful tool for data collection and analysis and a potential focus for advanced study in which material culture acts as both evidence and exegesis in social science discourse.
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Assessment Information
| full participation in all class assignments and the group project and an essay of 3,500 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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