Postgraduate Course: Culture and Criticism I (CLLC11030)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | This course offers an introduction to a number of issues and traditions within cultural studies.  It is the first of two core theory courses in the MSc in Cultural Studies. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  Purchase of essential texts as required. | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 1 | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
21/09/2015 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
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 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22,
 Fieldwork Hours 14,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 15,
 Formative Assessment Hours 8,
 Summative Assessment Hours 25,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
112 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
One essay of 4,000 words. | 
 
| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
|     Students who successfully complete the course will have a deepened understanding of some of the central issues in Cultural Studies and a detailed knowledge of some of the work of central practioners in this field.  Their ability to think critically and to engage with complex theoretical materials will have been enhanced.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Additional Class Delivery Information | 
2 hour(s) per week for 1 week(s). | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Ella Chmielewska 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3736 
Email: Ella.Chmielewska@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Jennifer Watson 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5735 
Email: Jennifer.A.Watson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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