Undergraduate Course: Intimate Relationships (SCIL10023)
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 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Sociology |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | For most of us, the first intimate relationships that we experience are family relationships, although at other stages of our life-cycle non-familial relationships may dominate. The course explores different sociological understandings of such relationships and debates about the nature of social change in personal life. The course reviews research on parent-child relationships, friendship and kinship relationships, sexual relationships and couple relationships, drawing on North American, Australian and New Zealand research as well as British literature. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | 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. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Knowledge enabling you to engage in debate about social change and contemporary personal relationships;
- Awareness of sociological research on aspects of personal life that can be used to assess theoretical debates and popular concerns;
- A sense of the significance of sociological work to everyday debates about personal life.
- Experience of methods used in researching personal life
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Assessment Information
| 25% mid-term short essay, 75% long essay |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Intimacy: the Concept & Debates
From ¿the Family¿ to Family Practices
Myths About the Past and Visions of the Future
Parenting and Intimacy: Gender Blending and Democracy?
Suffusing of Friendship and Kinship
Sex and Intimacy
The Couple Intimate and Equal
Mobility and Relationships
Intimate Relationships at-a-distance
Conclusions
Revision Session
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| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
see Sociology web pages for honours classes |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | intimacy, family, friendship, sexual relationships, gender, class, globalization, living alone |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Lynn Jamieson
Tel: (0131 6)50 4002
Email: L.Jamieson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Claire Moggie
Tel: (0131 6)50 4001
Email: Claire.Moggie@ed.ac.uk |
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