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Postgraduate Handbook 2010-2011 (archived)
Module ANTH41530: ADVANCED POWER AND GOVERNANCE
Department: Anthropology
ANTH41530: ADVANCED POWER AND GOVERNANCE
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 4 | 30 | Available in 2010/2011 | None. | Durham |
Pre-requisites
- None.
Corequisites
- None.
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- Students should acquire a thorough grounding in the history and development of anthropological studies of law and politics
- Students should understand the potential application of anthropological studies in governance and policy development
Content
- Legal anthropology
- Conflict resolution mechanisms
- Political anthropology
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- By the end of the module students will have an anthropological understanding of ways in which people negotiate conflict and regulate behaviours
- Be familiar with a broad range of social science research that contributes to understanding of politics and law
- Be familiar with relevant ethnographic research from one or more regions of the world that provides useful illustrative material to apply to the understanding of more general theory.
Subject-specific Skills
- Critically and comparatively analsye and evaluate anthropological literature on politics and law through the selection and application of appropriate explanatory theory.
- Apply subject related knowledge from the course to the evaluation of current local and world affairs
- Develop the ability to pursue independent research in anthropology and related fields
Key Skills
- Communicate complex abstract ideas through written work.
- Plan organise and manage time to meet deadlines.
- Show initiative to independantly find resources on their chosen assessment topics to independantly apply to the evaluation of theory
- Be computer literate to produce word processed material and access data.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 14 | Throughout term | 1 hour | 14 | |
| Seminars | 12 | Fortnightly | 1hour | 12 | Yes |
| Tutorials | 3 | 1/term | 1 hour | 3 | Yes |
| Total | 29 | ||||
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coursework | 100% | Essay | 5000 words | 100% |
Formative Assessment
Tutorial presentation to tutor
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.