Module PHL2051 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL2051: The Human Condition: Classic Readings in Anthropology
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
1: Introduction
2: The Enlightenment Paradox: Kant on Race and Cosmopolitanism
3: Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Mankind
4: Friedrich Engels and the Origin of the Family
5: Franz Boas and the Critique of Race
6: Marcel Mauss on Exchange
7: Bronis?aw Malinowski: Anthropology and Psychoanalysis
8: Claude Lévi-Strauss and Structuralism s
9: Mary Douglas and the Anthropology of Religion
10: Jack Goody and the Impact of Literacy
11: Summary
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 44 | Module reading |
Guided Independent Study | 62 | Essay writing |
Guided Independent Study | 22 | Seminar preparation |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
ELE – http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/
Anthropology Online. Alexander Street Press. Access through Electronic Library.
JSTOR. Access through Electronic Library.
Internet Archive.
Bioheritage Online Library.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Group presentation | 15 minutes | 1-8 | Oral feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Essay 1 | 40 | 2000 words | 1-8 | Written and oral feedback |
Essay 2 | 60 | 2000 words | 1-8 | Written feedback |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Essay 1 | Essay (2000 words) | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |
Essay 2 | Essay (2000 words) | 1-8 | August/September reassessment period |