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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT1003: Imagining Social Worlds: Texts
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to introduce you to a range of theoretical and practical issues faced by sociologists and anthropologists as they attempt to engage with and understand their human research subjects. Through a focus on a broad range of anthropological and sociological texts, the module aims to teach you how to research the social world. As a result, this module will equip you with analytical skills required for developing your own anthropological and sociological imagination.
| On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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| Module-Specific Skills | 1. demonstrate a basic knowledge of a range of key methodological approaches and theoretical orientations in anthropology and sociology 2. demonstrate a basic knowledge of the ways in which social and historical context has influenced the process of social research; 3. evaluate the research strategies and theoretical approaches employed by a selection of established sociologists and anthropologists; |
| Discipline-Specific Skills | 4. Evaluate at a basic level a range of social scientific arguments, methods of data collection and analysis of data 5. describe at a basic level a range of key concepts, theories and methods of anthropological/sociological analysis; 6. describe at a basic level some of the ways in which anthropological/sociological knowledge can be applied; 7. demonstrate a basic ability to evaluate your own cultural assumptions and those of a range of established social researchers; |
| Personal and Key Skills | 8. plan and execute work independently, within supportive guidelines, to achieve acceptable outcomes; 9. discuss ideas and interpretations with others in a clear and reasoned way; 10. Demonstrate the capacity for structured argumentation both in writing and orally. |