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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)

Module HUSS2231: THE LIFE CYCLE

Department: Anthropology (Human Sciences) [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

HUSS2231: THE LIFE CYCLE

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Tied	2	20	Not available in 2005/2006	None.	Queen's Campus Stockton

Tied To

Pre-requisites

Understanding Society and Culture.

Corequisites

None.

Excluded Combinations

None.

Aims

To introduce students to the anthropological study of the stages and processes of human life.

Content

Part 1: processes of maturation and the stages of childhood and youth, primarily from a social perspective but with some attention to biological processes.
Lectures include topics such as the biological processes of growth, the notion of social identity, socialisation, education and initiation.
Part 2: processes of decline and death and the stages of old age and death, primarily from a social perspective but with some attention to biological processes.
Lectures include topics such as the biological processes of ageing, inter-generational conflict and displacement, social understandings of death, becoming an ancestor.
A substantial amount of course time is devoted to student presentations, which are an integral part of the course.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge

An understanding of the anthropological approaches to human growth, maturation, decay, old age and death.
An appreciation ogf the variety of ways in which human maturation and ageing is given form and meaning in different cultural and historical contexts.
Awareness of the ways that social and cultural forces shape human biography over the life-cycle.

Subject-specific Skills

Recognise different theoretical approaches used in the study of the human life-cycle.
Carry out small piece of qualitative research on a specific aspect of the life-cycle.
Use in-depth interviews to collect biographical data on life-cycle events.

Key Skills

Communicate through written work.
Show initiative.
Plan, organise and manage time.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Lectures
Tutorials
Essay
Project.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Lectures	22	Weekly	1 hour	22
Tutorials				0
Seminars	8	Fortnightly (approx)	1 hour	8
Preparation and Reading				170
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Length/Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Essay	40%	2000 word essay		100%
Examination	60%	Two-hour seen examination		100%

Formative Assessment

Analytical summary of readings of about 1000 words.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.