2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

SLSP5113M Advanced Racism and Ethnicity Studies

30 creditsClass Size: 12

Module manager: Dr Bobby Sayyid
Email: s.sayyid@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2016/17

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to demonstrate advanced understanding of conceptual and theoretical debates within the sociology of racism and their implications for understanding and challenging problems of racism and racial inequality.

This module also provides the opportunity to engage with current debates in this field through involvement in CERS weekly seminars and also attendance at WUN White Spaces Network masterclasses.

Syllabus

Conceptual and theoretical debates within the sociology of race and racism and their implications for understanding and challenging these issues across the globe.

The module will also cover specific substantive areas including:
- Historical origins of race - pre-modern racisms
- Race, science and genomics
- Theorising racism and blobal racialisation
- Racist violence
- Rethinking roma
- Racisms in communist and post-communist contexts
- Racial representation and the media
- Prospects for a post-racial world

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Lecture	11	1.00	11.00
Seminar	2	2.00	4.00
Seminar	11	1.50	16.50
Tutorial	11	1.00	11.00
Private study hours			278.00
Total Contact hours			42.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			320.50

Private study

Students will be expected to develop wider Bibliographies on specific areas of interest for use in their assignments 157.5 hours, to read in preparation for each lecture 50 hours, to do a presentation to the tutorial on the readings 50 hours

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Participation in seminars

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay	1 x 3,000 word essay	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 23/03/2017

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