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SP30PB: REVOLUTIONARY CREATIVITY AND AMERICAN INSPIRATION A (2016-2017)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

Ever since Christopher Columbus first saw the plume of the Orinoco River flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, the Americas and its images have inspired provocative, challenging and revolutionary discourses. Cultural encounters with the Americas, real and imagined, have contributed to fundamental philosophical shifts in the modern world. This course addresses how North and South America inspired revolutionary changes to politics, philosophy and science, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Old Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Professor Patience Schell

Qualification Prerequisites

None.

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

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
  • Hispanic Studies (SP)

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

Course Aims:
This course aims to provide students with an introduction to inter-disciplinary debates about the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Latin America, with a focus on revolutionary discourses.

Main Learning Outcomes:
A student who has taken full advantage of the learning opportunities and satisfied the assessment requirements of the course will have acquired and/or developed: a broad introductory knowledge of the history, culture and politics of Latin America, and selected theoretical and methodological issues arising from their study. Students will be expected to demonstrate a detailed familiarity with the texts studied and their various contexts, and a capacity to engage in nuanced, well-prepared analysis of issues germane to their study.



Further Information & Notes

This course is not available as part of a graduating curriculum with SP45PB: Revolutionary Creativity and American Inspiration B.

Contact Teaching Time

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

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers


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

1st Attempt: 50 % research diary (2,500-3,000 words); 50% poster (group mark).
Resit: Two new essays 2,500 - 3000 words each  (50% each)

Formative Assessment

The first written assignment has a formative as well as a summative role.

Feedback

The above assignments receive CAS marks, which the Course Guide links to specific marking criteria, and written or verbal feedback in the form of tutors' comments is also given.  Additional informal feedback on performance and tutorial participation is offered in tutorials.  Tutors have office hours at which further feedback may be sought.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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