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| Unit name |
Current Debates in Biological Anthropology |
| Unit code |
ARCH25009 |
| Credit points |
20 |
| Level of study |
I/5
|
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
|
| Unit director |
Professor. Gibson |
| Open unit status |
Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
ARCH10005 |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department |
Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Faculty |
Faculty of Arts |
Description including Unit Aims
This seminar-based course brings together the most current issues in health, population and society. A unique feature of the course is that it combines both social and biological approaches to the study of health and well-being in diverse cultures across the world. The course is substantive in content, and examines both the causes and consequences of global variation in population, fertility, mortality, disease and migration.
Aims:
- To identify both the underlying causes, and the long-term consequences, of emerging population and health issues across the world.
- To provide a basic grounding for future anthropological research informed by biological and social scientific approaches to health.
- To review current research issues through case studies.
Intended Learning Outcomes
- To develop critical skills in the interpretation of qualitative and quantitative and data.
- To provide an appreciation of the main sources of data/disciplines and their application to public health and social policy.
- To develop analytical and oral presentation skills.
Teaching Information
Lectures plus seminars.
Assessment Information
- Situational report, 2,500 words (50%)
- 20 minute oral presentation (25%)
All the assessment is summative.
Reading and References
- United Nations Population Fund (Annual) The State of the World Population www.unfpa.org
- United Nations Development Programme (Annual) Human Development Report www.undp.org
- World Bank (Annual) World Development Report www.worldbank.org
