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AT2010: KEY DEBATES IN ANTHROPOLOGY (2023-2024)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43


Course Overview

This course explores some of the key questions that anthropologists have debated: what it is to be human, the nature of human interaction with other humans and with other species, the role language plays in thought and culture, and the different ways that people perceive the world and act within it. Themes that will be discussed in this course include rationality, language, species difference, race, and place and community.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Andrew J. Whitehouse

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This course explores some of the key questions that anthropologists have debated: what it is to be human, the nature of human interaction with other humans and with other species, the role language plays in thought and culture, and the different ways that people perceive the world and act within it. Themes that will be discussed in this course include rationality, language, species difference, race, and place and community.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Debate Project

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 30
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Feedback Word Count 2000
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Fortnightly Tests

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 10
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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This is a take-home exam. Answer three questions on three different topics from the list of essay questions. Students cannot submit an answer to a question that they submitted previously on the course. The time available for the exam is four weeks. The total word limit for the exam is 2500 words.

Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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