Undergraduate Course: Scotland: Social Structure and Social Change (SCIL10020)
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 | Scotland has been an integral part of the United Kingdom, a highly centralised and unitary state, for nearly 300 years, yet has survived the Union of 1707 as a distinctive civil society. Scotland provides an important test case for the proposition that the quest for self-determination occurs in the context of major shifts in social and political arrangements at the global level. This course reviews the sociological concepts available to understand Scotland, examining issues such as social class and social mobility, economic development, heritage, the media, religion, identity and culture. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should have at least 3 Sociology or closely related courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
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| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 44 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 11,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 11,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
174 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
25% short essay and 75% long essay |
| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Students will be able to critically review and assess the sociological concepts available to understand contemporary Scotland
- Students will be able to critically evaluate issues relating to Scottish identity, in particular gender, class, religion, ethnicity, language, culture and integration/exclusion
- Students will have developed a critical appreciation of gender inequality, social mobility and class reproduction in Scotland, with specific reference to social and educational ideologies
- Students will have developed a critical ppreciation of the broad countours of modern Scottih politics, especially those of the post 1979 period
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Michael Rosie
Tel: (0131 6)51 1651
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Lizzie Robertson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3079
Email: |
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