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I4170 STUDENT INITIATED MODULE (SIM)
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I4170 STUDENT INITIATED MODULE (SIM) SALLY CHALMERS SEM1 & SEM2 20 Credits This module aims to extend and deepen the student’s critical and integrated knowledge of a selected area of public relations through enabling them to design or respond to internal or external project opportunities. Students will only be admitted to this module on production of a project proposal which satisfies the module tutor and then will work independently with limited supervision to produce agreed outputs. Students will work with the module co-ordinator to develop an appropriate assessment and agreed marking criteria to ensure the learning outcomes are met. Assessment is through a project abstract and a reflective learning journal. 2000 Word Abstract Project (50%) & 2000 Word Reflective Learning Journal (50%) I4171 MODERNITY ON SCREEN (Level 4 students only) JILL MARSHALL SEM1 20 Credits This module is a semester 1 core module in level 4 for the following programmes: BA Film & Media, BA Theatre & Film. It can be taken as an option IN LEVEL 4 ONLY by students on BA Media and BA Drama & Performance. Students taking it as an option must have completed one of the following modules: World Cinema, Contemporary Hollywood Cinema, Critical Theory, Performance and Text. The module explores theories of modernity and post-modernity as represented in cinema and television. Some of the topics which we will cover are: The city and urbanisation, globalisation, postcolonialism and ‘race’, masculinities and femininities, individualisation and alienation, nostalgia and the re-invention of history and nation, the problems of reality and identity, the body and its boundaries. Formative Participation and Engagement Exercises (20%), Essay (35%) & Essay (45%) I4172 PHOTOGRAPHY PRACTICE MARK GILLHAM SEM2 20 Credits The module is a mixture of practice and theory with a substantial photography project where students will use and develop further their practical photography. We will look at the interpretation and criticism of images and the purposes, styles and traditions of photography. We will study aesthetic concerns (realism, formalism, and expressionism), intentions, the photographer’s vision as well as practical issues (briefs, planning, equipment, location). Technical areas of image capture will include framing, composition, light, time, distortion and conventions. In post-production we will use workflow and editing software (such as Adobe Lightroom and Coral Paintshop or Adobe Photoshop) and examine correction, emphasis and image manipulation. In developing the project consideration will be given to ethical and moral issues, legal concerns, access and general project management. Students will need basic photography skills to undertake the module. Students are welcome to use their own cameras if they have them (and they are suitable) but Canon DSLR cameras will be available for use on the module and there will be access to necessary software. Students will need to provide their own SD card. Media Production 2 and Photography & Visual Culture are useful preparatory modules Report (30%) & Photographic Material (70%)
The module focuses on UK and US television drama, which is contextualised against the different histories of television – in terms of funding, regulation and culture - in Britain and the United States. We ask questions about how particular forms of drama came about because of new artistic movements, politics, production techniques and the need to engage audiences. As well as looking at how TV dramas have developed and conflicted, we ask where TV dramas are headed in the future. We look in considerable textual detail at some dramas which are important for their innovation, controversy, authorship or production and at notable examples of popular and evolving genres. Some examples of what we will study are: the controversial ‘kitchen sink’ plays about the working class written for the BBC and ITV in the 1960s, Cult TV series and their fans from Star Trek to Dr. Who and True Blood, The 1980s political TV dramas like Edge of Darkness, Threads and Boys from the Blackstuff which led the BBC into conflict with the government, the many evolutionary strands of the US police series, the ‘postmodern’ 1990s C4 and BBC dramas about real women, queer folk and the new underclass and the HBO-led post-millennial rebranding of ‘quality’ long-form American dramas from The Sopranos to Breaking Bad. Formative Participation and Engagement Exercises (20%), Two essays (40% each) I4175 DISSERTATION (Production - Video) WALID SALHAB YEAR LONG 40 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information.
Video (7-10 Minutes) (80%) & 2000 Word Critical Essay and Supporting Documents (20%) I4176 DISSERTATION (Production - PR) WALID SALHAB YEAR LONG 40 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information.
Video (7-10 Minutes) (50%) & Communication Analysis and Supporting Documents (5000) (50%) I4177 DISSERTATION (Production - Photography) WALID SALHAB YEAR LONG 40 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information.
N3337 DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: WORK BASED LEARNING DAVID BANKS YEAR LONG 20 Credits The aim of this module is to enable you to claim academic credit for a planned, implemented and critically evaluated professional development in order to advance practice in the workplace. Written Account of Learning (2500-3000 Words) (100%) N3536 DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: WORK BASED LEARNING DAVID BANKS YEAR LONG 30 Credits The aim of this module is to enable you to claim academic credit for a planned, implemented and critically evaluated professional development in order to advance practice in the workplace. Written Account of Learning (2500-3000 Words) (100%) N3538 INDEPENDENT STUDY SAVINA TROPEA SEM2 20 Credits This is a 20 credit module which aims to develop students’ skills of critical analysis and evaluation with specific reference to a body of literature. Students are asked to choose a topic they wish to learn about and then to decide how they are going to manage their learning independently. To help with this process, students will have a named academic supervisor, with whom they will negotiate an agreed learning plan, and will have access to relevant resources on the HUB. The assessment will consist of a 3000 word assignment, including a literature review of 2000 words, a 1000 word reflective account of their learning, and the original formative learning contract (approximately 750 words (100%). N3550 DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: WORK BASED LEARNING DAVID BANKS SEM1 10 Credits The aim of this module is to enable you to claim academic credit for a planned, implemented and critically evaluated professional development in order to advance practice in the workplace. Written Account of Learning (2500-3000 Words) (100%) N3594 IPE 3 INTER-PROFESSIONAL WORKING AND PERSON CENTERED CARE KATH NICOL YEAR LONG 20 CREDTS To enable students to explore selected contemporary issues in healthcare in the context of person centered, interprofessional work Peer-assessed 20 Minute Group Presentation (40%), Critical & Reflective Assignment (60%) & Group Discussion N3604 Digital Literacies Sheila Williams SEM2 20 Credits Do you see the web as a “chaotic library” (White 2014)? Do you want to tame information over-load and gain good critical appraisal skills to be able to evaluate resources such as blogs, tweets and Pinterest boards? This module will hone your traditional information literacy skills and show you how to translate these into an academic and work context. Present a group subject bibliography (30%) & 2000 Word Reflective Account (70%) N3606 MANAGEMENT OF LONG TERM CONDITIONS DAVID BANKS SEM1 20 Credits The aim of this module is to enable the student to integrate theory and practice in the management of long term conditions within a range of contexts Portfolio (60%) & 1500 Reflective Account (40%) N3607 ANTICIPATING AND RESPONDING TO PAIN AND SYMPTOMS IN PALLIATIVE CARE JANICE LOGAN SEM2 20 Credits To enable the student - in relation to their role in the interdisciplinary team - to develop knowledge and skills for accurate anticipation, assessment and management of pain and other symptoms in patients with advanced progressive disease and at the end of life. Delivered at St Columba's Hospice 2000 Word Case Study Analysis (75%) & 1000 Word Case Study Analysis (25%) N3608 CARING FOR THE PATIENT AND FAMILY IN PALLIATIVE CARE JANICE LOGAN SEM2 20 CREDITS The aim of this module is to enable practitioners to explore and apply the evidence base to the psychological, social and spiritual care they offer to patients and families in the palliative care phase of life threatening illness and at the end of life. Delivered at St Columba's Hospice. 2000 Word Case Study (75%) & 1000 Word Reflective Account (25%) N3611 MAKING JUDGEMENTS AND DECISIONS IN PRACTICE KRISTINA MOUNTAIN SEM2 20 Credits To enable students to engage in, examine and improve judgement and decision making processes in health and social care practice from an informed, evidence based position. 3000 Word Paper (100%) N3612 PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT CAROLINE DICKSON SEM2 20 Credits To enable the student to critique practice and apply the core elements of 'practice development' into practice contribution to a culture that informs and promotes safe, effective, person-centred care. 2500 Word Assignment (100%) N3613 RESEARCH FOR PRACTICE AILSA ESPIE SEM2 20 Credits To develop understanding of the research process and enable practitioners to critically evaluate research evidence 3000 Word Assignment (100%) N3615 USING PERSON-CENTRED COMMUNICATION SKILLS TOWARDS THE END OF LIFE JANICE LOGAN SEM2 20 Credits To enable the student to develop a repertoire of compassionate communication skills which meet the needs of patients, their family and carers in palliative/end of life care in the student's area of practice. Delivered at St Columba's Hospice Audio Interview (25%) & 2000 Word Critical Commentary of Audio Tape (75%) N3616 LEADING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE BILL LAWSON SEM1 20 Credits To explore leadership within health and social care and enable students to reflect on their own skills and attributes which contribute to the delivery of safe, effective care 2500 Word Assignment (100%) N3617 RECOGNITION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE DETERIORATING PATIENT: ACUTE CARE IN A VARIETY OF SETTINGS CAROLINE DICKSON SEM1 30 Credits This is a 30 credit module which aims to enable students to acquire a detailed knowledge and understanding of the normal and abnormal pathophysiological processes which can be applied to the early detection, treatment, safe nursing care and referral of acutely ill and deteriorating patients in a variety of settings. The module has timetabled lecture sessions on science topics (physiology, pathophysiology, immunology, pharmacology) and nursing issues- assessment and care of deteriorating patients. The integrative experience will be facilitated by the focus on case studies which the students will use to extend their learning and apply theory to nursing practice over the module. Students will have group and trigger sessions timetabled to work through the case studies. The inclusion of ‘trigger sessions’ will help to integrate the science content with nursing assessment and care content. Lecturers will work with the students in the classroom to critically analyse and interrogate the issues within the problem packages.
Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Poster Presentation (40%) & 3000 Word Reflective Paper (60%) N4279 Systematic Approaches to Patient Assessment BILL LAWSON SEM1 10 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Exam (0%) & 1500 Word Critical Analysis (100%) S4017 DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN (THE CAROL SPRAGGE ENDOWMENT OPTION) ANN CLARK SEM2 10 Credits Children from underprivileged backgrounds often experience difficulties in learning to communicate. This can affect their ability to learn and also to form friendships and maintain these. This module will enable students to gain more understanding in the complex communication problems experienced by these individual and will address issues faced by SLTs in service provision for these individuals. 2500 Word Assignment (100%) S4150 AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION SIODHAN MACK SEM2 10 Credits People with communication difficulties often require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) methods to enable them to participate in everyday life. This module will equip students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills to implement the functional use of AAC for such individuals across the lifespan. Assignment (100%) S4155 AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDERS AND SLT LYNNE BREMNER SEM2 10 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Written Assignment (100%) S4156 ADVANCED STUDIES ON DYSPHAGIA JOAN MA SEM2 10 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Written Assignment (100%) S4157 CLINICAL TECHNOLOGIES JIM SCOBIE SEM2 10 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Oral Presentation (100%) S4158 DISORDERS OF FLUENCY ROBIN LIKLEY SEM2 10 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Written Assignment (100%) S4173 ADULT ACQUIRED LANGUAGE AND NEUROGENIC COMMUNICATION DISORDER FIONA CAMPBELL SEM2 10 Credits This module aims (a) to broaden understanding of current issues relating to theory, assessment and management of acquired language and neurogenic communication impairments in adults; (b) to extend understanding of models of intervention used with this client group and the theoretical underpinnings of clinical decision making; (c) to equip students with the ability to evaluate new and emerging developments in this field. 2500 Word Assignment (100%) T3189 ARTS JOURNALISM STEVE CRAMER SEM1 20 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information.
Portfolio (100%) T3191 COMMUNITY THEATRE 1 IRVINE ALLAN SEM1 20 Credits This module develops students’ understanding of key community theatre principles and practice. It allows students to practice workshop delivery and take up a placement in a community or educational context suitable to their learning trajectory. The students will develop skills in designing and facilitating drama workshops in a variety of social contexts. Examples of placements include: Primary and Secondary Schools; Youth Theatre; Prisons; Probation and Social Work; Care Homes for the elderly; Additional Support Needs; Deaf Community; Community Learning Centres; Outreach Street Work; Rehabilitation. The Community Theatre module coordinator has many partner organisations who can offer a variety of placement opportunities. Preparation, Implementation and Reflection on Practise (70%) & Personal File, Max. 3500 Words (30%) T3192 CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE 1 BIANCA MASTROMINICO SEM2 20 Credits Two main areas of research and practical investigation will lead your work in this module: 1) Dynamics and methodologies of contemporary collaborative ensembles 2) Devising processes: sourcing, generating and editing material You will: • Practically investigate the history of devising and its conceptual frameworks in contemporary performance, with a focus on group work • Develop awareness of your own creative approaches, alongside skills to devise a group piece • Study key artistic collectives and put their working processes into practice, in order to deepen your understanding of contemporary performance techniques, theories and strategies, as well as to nurture your own creative choices Practical work will be based on: • Collection and sharing of performance material, inspired by a variety of stimuli, to ignite the process of devising • Group exercises aimed at developing your creative journey towards the assessed group piece (as a constant and progressive self-evaluation you will record your learning experiences in an online blog, an edit of which will also form part of your assessed e-portfolio) • Creation of group performance work on a weekly basis, based on in-class experimentation and followed by self-evaluation Live Performance (50%) & Performance Portfolio (50%) T3194 PLAYWRITING KSENIJA HORVAT SEM2 20 Credits This module aims to develop in students a practical knowledge and understanding of the skills required to write a script for theatre 30 – 60 minutes in length (new or an adaptation), collaborative and self-critical skills, and an understanding of different roles that may be required of a writer in a rehearsal room. The module is designed to provide hands-on experience of writing for stage individually and/or collaboratively, as well as of processes needed for transforming of a script into a performance script through a series of class exercises, group and individual script development tutorials, and staging of the selection from students’ final drafts. The students are encouraged to reflect upon their learning processes throughout the duration of this module, and to present and demonstrate growth of their critical evaluative skills, significant stimuli, sources of inspiration, and step-by-step script development in the form of an individual portfolio. The module is assessed by 30-60 minute script (new or adaptation) and 2000 word author’s portfolio. One Individual Play Text Lasting Between 30 and 60 Minutes (50%) & One Individual Portfolio (Max. 2000 Words) (50%) T3196 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING DENNY COLLIER SEM1 & SEM2 20 Credits This module will introduce students to the theory and practice of reflective learning allowing them to critically assess and then improve on their individual learning and working styles and processes. It will enable students to develop their employability and to understand how to set personal learning goals and measure their steps towards achieving these goals. This is achieved by reflecting on a placement or project of their choosing which they will use to enable them to develop their learning aims. Project Proposal (max 1000 words) (25%) & Reflective Learning Journal (max 2500 words) (75%) T4132 HONOURS STUDY KSENIJA HORVAT YEAR LONG 40 Credits This module offers an opportunity to students to explore their independently chosen research topic in depth and to demonstrate the findings of their research in an organised study either textually or practically. The module engages students in the following types of learning experiences: 400 hours of study and learning that include 3-5 hours of one to one tutorial sessions with a supervisor and independent research that will result in either 10,000 word written dissertation or practical project based on research (e.g. a play text, a performance, a presentation) and accompanied by a 4000/5000 word written piece. The ultimate aims are to extend students' ability to work independently towards an academic piece/performance, and to enable them to engage in researching a topic that will ultimately build upon their already acquired academic and/or practical skills. Coursework (100%) T4145 ARTS JOURNALISM 2 STEVE CRAMER SEM2 20 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information.
Portfolio (100%) T4148 ARTS MANAGEMENT LESLEY-ANN DICKSON SEM1 20 Credits This module will begin by considering what ‘management’ is and how management theories and practices came to be utilised within the arts. It will then progress week by week to provide students with an introduction to each of the key areas of management in which, as an arts manager, they would be required to exhibit competency. This will include notions of organizational design and governance, strategic planning, leadership, people management, project management, marketing, audience development and revenue generation. Throughout, students will be encouraged to reflect upon the extent to which these the types of approaches discussed are appropriate within an arts context and to consider any alterations to the general principles that may be required due to the specificities of the sector. 2000 Word Essay (50%) & 2000 Word Case Study Report (50%) T4149 COMMUNITY THEATRE 2 IRVINE ALLAN SEM2 20 Credits Students form groups, or work individually, to deliver a theatre project in the community. The genre of project can vary widely. Some examples are: Large Scale Community Theatre productions, like- The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh or The Beggar’s Opera-A Ned’s lament- both of which played at the 500 seat, newly refurbished, Brunton Theatre, Venue 1, with casts of 26; Street Theatre and Puppet work with The Brunton Youth Theatre and Stoneyhill Primary School, for the Anniversary of the Homecoming- John Muir Project; Theatre in Education Tour of East Lothian Schools, with The ANTIsocial Network. Open workshops involving young adults with Addition Support Needs; HMP Edinburgh, Saughton Prison, Community Film Project; The Wayward Wind - Community Film project working with socially isolated people. Students have the opportunity to write, act, direct, produce, or work in technical areas such as lighting, sound, design and construction. Some of the projects may be given full costume and design support from the costume team. The module is not a paper exercise and requires a serious time commitment near production week. This module has a prerequisite that students must have passed, T2158, Place Space and Performance, or equivalent. Coursework (70%) & Personal File 1,500 Words (30%) T4151 CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE 2 BIANCA MASTROMINICO SEM1 20 Credits Throughout this module, which is a development of T3192 (Contemporary Performance 1), the student develops more specialised skills as an individual creator and generator of practice & research. The module will focus on a variety of experimental performance practices, while an integration of theoretical and practical analysis and exploration of approaches to performance from selected contemporary performance practitioners will lead to the creation of collaborative performance work from a variety of source materials. Assessment is via practical group performance and viva voce. Live Performance Productions (60%) & Viva Voce Examination (Max. 30mins) (40%) T4153 CREATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DENNY COLLIE SEM1 20 Credits This module will help students develop an understanding of the role of entrepreneurship within the creative sector and thereby enable students to explore and to develop their own creative enterprise ideas – leading to the production of either an appropriate business plan or a personal career development plan. The module will critically review government support for entrepreneurship within the creative sector and a range of guest lecturers will contribute their insights and provide practical advice on how to establish appropriate creative enterprises. Business or Personal Career Development Plan 1750-2500 words (60%) & 1500 Reflective Essay (40%) T4154 PAGE TO STAGE KATE NELSON SEM2 20 Credits An exploration of the practicalities of working with classical texts. Students will select a specialist line of study in direction, performance or design (scenic or technical) to develop a vision and working approach to a play by Shakespeare. Critical & Evaluative Portfolio (80%) & Performance-Led Group Presentation (20%) T4157 PLAYWRITING 2 KSENIJA HORVAT SEM1 20 Credits Playwriting 2 has been designed for those students who prefer a more independent and less directed pathway to writing for stage. The teaching is frontloaded in the first six weeks of semester one; and the rest of the module time is spent in one to one script development sessions with tutor and an opportunity to have parts of their draft read in a studio space before a professional dramaturg. Full Length Play (60-90 Minutes) (70%) & Author's Portfolio 3000 Words (30%) T4160 INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE:MAJOPR PROJECT SARAH PAULLEY YEAR LONG 60 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Project proposal (30%) & 5000 Word Project Report (70%) T4161 INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: WORK EXPERIENCE SARAH PAULLEY YEAR LONG 30 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Work Experience Proposal (30%) & 3000 Word Analytical Report (70%) T4162 INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: COLLABORATIVE PROJECT SARAH PAULLEY YEAR LONG 30 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. Written Project Brief (30%) & Product Presentation (70%) X1021 DIVERSITY, IDENTITY AND WELL-BEING MARION ELLISON SEM2 30 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. 1250 Word Assignment (50%) & Open Book Exam (50%) X1022 INTRODUCTION TO ACADEMIA & THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION PAUL GILFILLAN SEM1 30 Credits This module is both an introduction to academic life and an introduction to the sociological imagination. The module begins by introducing some of the major components of academic life – such as literature searching, independent reading, and the practice of writing as well as the demands of seminar work. The first part of the module looks to equip students with the basic competencies they will need over the course of their time at university. The module then introduces the study of sociology via input from the sociology team who will introduce their areas of expertise and lead seminar work and model to students a range of sociological projects and model what sociologists do. 500 Word Case Study (30%) & 1500 Word Assignment (70%) X3028 PSYCHOBIOLOGY JOANNE FOX SEM2 10 Credits Please contact the Module Coordinator (Module Tutor) for further information regarding this module. MCQ online (30%) & 1500 Word Essay (70%) X3029 COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY JAMAL MANSOUR SEM2 10 Credits This module aims to provide students with an opportunity to explore key concepts and methods underpinning the attempts of psychologists to explain human cognitive function. Teaching pattern is 9 x 2 hour lectures and assessment is 100% exam (2 hour) Examination (Semester 1) (100%) X3030 CRITICAL, HISTORICAL & CONCEPTUAL ISSUES IN PSYCHOLOGY STUART WILSON YEAR LONG 20 Credits This module will provide students with some context to the psychology that you will learn in other classes. We will look at conceptual issues (e.g. theoretical approaches to the mind) and attempt to provide a historical perspective that sheds light on how psychology came to be practiced in the way that it is today. Additionally, students will be encouraged to be critical of the discipline and its assumptions and methods.
2 Hour Exam (50%) & 2500 Word Essay (50%) X3031 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY CHRIS MCVITTIE SEM1 10 Credits In this Module, we will explore in detail how much recent social psychological work has treated key topics as part of a changing social context and the understandings of individuals, social groups, and social context more broadly that are produced. Much social psychological research conducted over recent decades encourages us not only to re-examine previous knowledge of key topics but also to reconsider the epistemological and methodological perspectives that should most usefully be adopted within the discipline. Discursive / social constructionist approaches to the study of social issues thus have received increasing attention within social psychology and will be highlighted here. We will consider also how recent findings can be applied to particular contexts. Examination (100%) X3032 DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY VIVIENNE CHISHOLM SEM1 10 Credits This module explores contemporary developmental theories with particular emphasis on representation and communication from infancy onwards. Essay (100%) X3033 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES JOANNE FOX SEM2 10 Credits This module takes a critical approach to traditional areas of study in intelligence and personality and extends the nature-nurture debate with a consideration of epigenetic mechanisms in relation to several topics. The nature nurture debate in its widest sense is applied to reviews of the evidence for twin studies (in the context of schizophrenia), sex differences, left handedness and the emotions, and approaches include an introduction to post-cognitivist theories and neural network models providing alternative explanations of behaviour. Besides considerations of schizophrenia, 'abnormal' psychology considers fear conditioning, posttraumatic stress disorder and the role of early trauma in 'personality disorders'. MCQ Online (30%) & 1500 Word Essay (70%) X3042 CHANGING WORLD: SOCIAL MOVEMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE EURIG SCANDRETT SEM2 20 Credits Changing World: Social Movement and Global Change looks at contrasting theories about how the social world is changing throughout the world, especially looking at the contested concepts of globalisation and neoliberalism. We will examine the factors that are driving this change, and especially the role of collective agents deliberately seeking to move societies in particular directions by exploring sociological accounts of social movements.
1000 Word Report (25%) & 3000 Word Assignment (75%) X3043 INTERACTION AND SOCIAL ORDER SUZANNE SCHULZ SEM1 20 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information.
The focus of this module is on explicit or material culture, i.e. culture as it relates to cultural artefacts or cultural objects. Cultural objects are made by human beings; therefore one can maintain that all cultural objects have creators. Likewise, all cultural objects must have people who receive them, people who hear, read, understand, think about, enact, participate in, and remember them. Both cultural objects and the people who create and receive them are not floating freely but are anchored in a particular context or social world with its distinct economic, political, social, and cultural patterns. The module will introduce students to different theoretical approaches to consumption that can be broadly categorised as (i) theories which view consumption in relation to class, status and social differentiation (Veblin, Simmel, Goffman & Bourdieu) and (ii) those which trace the relationship between consumption & identity (e.g. Hebdige, Hall, Featherstone, Lury). In addition, the module look at the producers of culture – Adorno’s writings on the culture industry and Bourdieu's work on cultural intermediaries will be examined as well as work within the production of culture and symbolic interactionist traditions. Throughout the module students are encouraged to think about the relationship between producers and consumers of culture. Essay Proposal (1000 Words) (20%) & Essay (3500 Words) (80%) X3045 POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION MARION ELLISON SEM2 20 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information.
1500 Word Proposal (50%) & 3000 Word Essay (50%) X3046 THE SOCIOLOGY OF LIBERATION PAUL GILFILLAN SEM1 20 Credits The relationship between social theory and emancipation or empowerment opens a window onto the origins and history and contemporary concerns of much sociology. This module looks at this history and introduces students to the wide range of different answers social theorists have produced and some of the old and new difficulties sociology faces as it answers the question whether it can continue to play its part in creating ‘the good society’ in the 21st century. 3000 Word Assignment (100%) X3048 LITERATURE REVIEW VIVIENNE CHISHOLM SEM1 20 Credits In this module students will review the psychological literature (e.g., theoretical approaches and empirical research) with respect to a specialist area. 500 Word (Not Including References) Proposal (10%) & 4000 Word Literature Review (90%) X3050 RESEARCH PROPOSAL STEVE DARLING SEM2 10 Credits In this tutorial-based module students learn how to compose a research proposal - to identify a good topic and compose a research question, to design a project that will answer the research question and compose the required paperwork as if they were composing a research proposal to submit to a research funder. Skills of developing and arguing a persuasive case for support have uses in many walks of life.
2500 Word Research Proposal (100%) X4070 RISK BEHAVIOURS JOANNE FOX SEM1 10 Credits Please contact module co-ordinator for further information. 2500 Word Essay (100%) X4030 QUEER THEORY, GENDER AND SEXUAL POLITICS JOHN HUGHES SEM1 20 Credits Queer Theory, Gender & Sexual Politics is designed to facilitate a critical appreciation of the contributions of queer theory to contemporary transformations in gender and sexual politics. More specifically, the module attempts to locate the significance of queer theory for interrogating debates within contemporary gender and sexual politics (for example, trans and intersex identities, marriage and the family and theology). Critical Review Write-Up (1000 Words) (50%) & 3000-Word Critical Essay (50%) X4032 EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY AND POLITICS MARION ELLISON SEM1 20 CREDITS Please contact the Module Coordinator (Module Tutor) for further information regarding this module. 3000 Word Written Assignment (50%) & Research proposal 2,500 Words (50%) X4069 EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY STUART WILSON SEM2 10 Credits In what way and to what extent has our psychology been influenced by evolutionary processes? This module will cover the foundations of approaching psychology from an evolutionary perspective, before covering some of the main issues in the field, including aggression, culture and social processes. We will also look at some of the criticisms of evolutionary psychology. Examination (Semester 2) (100%) X4072 VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CHRIS MCVITTIE SEM2 20 This module aims to further the participation of students as active citizens within the community and to empower them in applying academically gained knowledge and skills in real-world settings. Students participate as volunteers in appropriate settings identified by themselves or through the QMU Volunteering and Recruitment Fair and reflect on their involvement and contribution to the community. Critical Learning and Engagement Log (100%) X4056 SOCIOLOGY OF SCOTLAND PAUL GILFILLAN SEM2 20 Credits This module is for students who wish to develop a contextual sociology by focussing upon understanding Scotland using the lens of sociology. Simultaneously, the module interrogates sociology using the ‘lens’ of Scotland, inviting students to ask whether sociology as an academic discipline is able to illuminate and understand Scotland, and what changes within sociology must happen for this to occur. The primary learning outcome of the module is for students to begin to understand what a fully-contextual sociology of contemporary Scotland might look like. 1500 Word Essay (30%) & 3500 Word Essay (70%) X4071 EYEWITNESS PSYCHOLOGY JAMAL MANSOUR SEM2 10 Credits A significant proportion of wrongful convictions of crimes (~75%) involve incorrect eyewitness identifications, which means an innocent person goes to jail but also that a guilty person is free to commit more crimes. This module will examine the interaction of eyewitnesses and the criminal justice system and the ways in which research has influenced how eyewitnesses and their testimony are handled. Presentation (15%), Discussion Participation (10%) & Examination 75% X4073 MEMORY: ORIGINS AND STRUCTURES STEPHEN DARLING SEM2 10 Credits In this module we will explore the most up-to-date research in two areas related to human memory - Working Memory and Evolution of Memory. We will dig deep into the experimental literature and see how scientists are developing our understanding of what memory is, what it does and how it evolved. It will be a fascinating journey. Examination (100%) X4066 GENDER JUSTICE AND VIOLENCE: FEMINIST APPROACHES EURIG SCANDRETT SEM1 20 Credits Gender Justice and Violence: Feminist Approaches draws on a gendered analysis of injustice and power relationships to examine violence against women and struggles for gender justice in historical and political contexts. Participants will have the opportunity to explore theories and debates within feminist academic and political movements and amongst academics and activists concerned with social justice in the 21st century. This is a collaboration between QMU and Scottish Women’s Aid and is for women and men who want to be more effective at taking action to tackle violence against women and work for gender justice. Groupwork Presentation (20%) & 3000 Word Analysis (80%) X4067 SPORT AND SOCIAL JUSTICE MADDIE BREEZE SEM2 20 Credits The course mobilises theoretical, empirical and critical work from Sports Sociology and Public Sociology to support students to: 1) Situate different sports in social context using an inter sectional approach to inequality 2) Think critically about sport as a 'public good', and 3) Develop sociological analysis of sports policies, institutions and activism in practice. Critical Case Study and 1000 Word Blog Report (50%) & 3500 Word Essay (50%) Download 261 Kb. Share with your friends:
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