Undergraduate Course: Globalization (SCIL10067)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course critically examines the subject of globalisation from a sociological perspective. Globalisation is a vast topic, and no one course can cover all its aspects. This course aims to give the student grounding in the most fundamental aspects of globalisation, with exploration of selected substantive topics ('case studies') to help root the general in the particular. We examine the concept itself, the central themes of changing communications, social networks, and experiences of space and time, and the major economic, political and ideological dimensions of globalisation. The view taken in this course is that, while there have been distinctive social changes associated with globalisation in recent decades, to understand this process we need to regularly relocate it in a long-term historical perspective. Globalisation has been happening for centuries, and to understand current processes of globalisation, we need to relate them to a deeper history of globalisation. We also need to be careful about talking of globalisation as if it were one thing. In fact this very broad term encompasses an array of different social processes that need to be distinguished in order to be better understood. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Sociology courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 48 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The course will be assessed through an in-class multiple choice exam (25%) and a research paper (75% - 3,500 to 4,500 words) for which students formulate their own research question. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a clear grasp of the concept of globalisation and contending definitions of it
- Appreciate of the importance of historical perspective for a sociological understanding globalisation
- Grasp the importance of key concepts of 'communication' and 'social networks' for the study of globalisation
- Know how to distinguish between economic, political and ideological dimensions of globalisation, and articulate an analytic understanding of how they interact
- Write an independently researched essay on a globalisation related topic
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
Combined lecture and tutorial on Fridays, 9:00 - 10:50. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jonathan Hearn
Tel: (0131 6)50 4242
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Course secretary | Mrs Shazia Leonard
Tel: (0131 6)50 4457
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