Postgraduate Course: Nations and Nationalism (PGSP11146)
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 | This postgraduate seminar is taught in conjunction with the Sociology Honours course of the same name, with which it shares a parallel structure of weekly topics and readings. The course aims to examine major modes of explaining nationalism, and to relate nationalism to other key themes in sociology. The seminar topics explore the relationship between nationalism and modernity, ethnicity, civic and ethnic nationalism, language, religion, class, gender, its regulation and globalisation. |
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
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Description |
Weeks |
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Friday |
| Central | Lecture | Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building | 1-11 | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | | | | Central | Seminar | Seminar Room 2, Chrystal Macmillan Building | 1, 4, 6, 8, 10 | | | 09:00 - 10:50 | | |
| First Class |
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The course seeks to enable students to:
! Develop in-depth knowledge of a major instance or topic within the field of nationalism studies.
! Bring theoretical understandings of nationalism they have learned elsewhere to bear on complex, substantive case material.
! Cultivate independent research skills, in particular surveying literatures and developing thematically organised bibliographies around chosen topics.
! Improve their ability to present complex material succinctly, and to discuss it at length.
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Assessment Information
| essay in the region of 4000 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr James Kennedy
Tel: (0131 6)50 4250
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Course secretary | Miss Cristyn King
Tel: (0131 6)51 3865
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