Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ANT1003: Imagining Social Worlds: Texts

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)
This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
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.

Module Content

Syllabus Plan

Through a series of interactive lectures and seminars which focus on the published work of established social researchers, students will be introduced to a broad range of methods, theories used by sociologists and anthropologists in their work, as well as a number of core issues they have addressed and areas of study they have focused on while conducting their research.

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:

Material Objects and the Social
Bodies and the Social
Researching the Everyday
Researching Work
Researching Social Stratification
Researching Crime
Researching technology

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
27	123	0

...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	22	11 x 2 hour weekly lectures
Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity	5	5 x Fortnightly 1 hour tutorials,
Guided Independent Study	72	Preparatory reading in advance of lectures and tutorials
Guided Independent Study	51	Preparation of summative assignments

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Other Learning Resources

Other resources:
Ethnographic and feature films