University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 9

Semester: 2

Planned timetable: 11.00 am (days To be confirmed)

This module provides an introduction to the main anthropological approaches to economic life. It explores both classical and current analytical frameworks for understanding how people live and organise their lives in different ways. Students should be aware that this module is not intended to be an economics course for anthropologists and others. Instead, grounded in the comparative and ethnographically-based discipline of anthropology, it brings together a wide range of regional, cultural and historical material.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Before taking this module you must pass SA2002

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 1 x 1-hour lecture (x 11 weeks), 1 x 2-hour seminar (x 11 weeks) and 1 other contact hour (x 11 weeks) 2 hours of film viewing.

Scheduled learning hours: 46

Guided independent study hours: 240

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 3-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 50%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 50%

Re-assessment: 6,000-word Essay = 100%