Undergraduate Course: Fundamentals: Studying Anthropology (SCAN08007)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 0 |
| Home subject area | Social Anthropology |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A course to help familiarise students with university study and to introduce students to anthropology at Edinburgh. It focuses on generic academic study skills, but using anthropological texts as key exemplars. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
5 )
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course students will have acquired basic skills in literature searches and creating a bibliography; how to read and understand the basic argument of anthropological articles; how to write and structure an anthropological essay; how to plan for revision and basic revision techniques. The course also assists with the development of core presentation skills including public speaking, the creation of summaries for presentation, and visual literacy. |
Assessment Information
Assessment 1: Read the short extract from the book by David Pocock as far as page 9. Stop! Write the short essay (200 -300 words) on ¿Myself and My Society¿ which Pocock describes and then upload it on to LEARN.
Pocock, D. 1998. Understanding Social Anthropology (Introductory, ¿We¿ and ¿They¿ &, 1-29, 214-228). London: Athlone Press. Available on LEARN.
Assessment 2: Read the article by Mayblin and complete the online reader response questionnaire
Mayblin, Maya. 2011. ¿Death by Marriage: power, pride, and morality in Northeast Brazil.¿ Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 17(1): 135-153.
Assessment 3: Complete an online journal entry of 200-300 words to share with your fellow students that describes one aspect of studying anthropology this semester that has been challenging AND/OR required new study skills AND/OR has been particularly rewarding.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Alice Street
Tel: (0131 6)51 5181
Email: Alice.Street@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Vanessa Feldberg
Tel: (0131 6)50 3933
Email: vanessa.feldberg@ed.ac.uk |
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