2020/21 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
PRHS2333 Thinking About Race
10 creditsClass Size: 100
Module manager: Ellen Clarke
Email: e.clarke@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2020/21
Pre-requisite qualifications
NoneModule replaces
NoneThis module is approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module will examine questions about race from the perspective of philosophy, religion and history of science. We will examine philosophical questions surrounding thought and talk about races, the theological traditions of racialized thinking as well as of resistance to racism, and the history of scientific thinking about races.Objectives
The module aims to provide students with an understanding of way in which a variety of fields (Philosophy, Theology and History of Science) investigate and understand central issues surrounding race. It also aims to provide students with the basis for reflection on the interactions between the methods and approaches used in these different disciplines.Learning outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Show a good grasp of some central issues, arguments, and theories regarding race in philosophy, theology and history of science;
2. Show understanding of how these issues, arguments, and theories relate to one another;
3. Demonstrate the capacity to analyse arguments critically and develop their own
Skills outcomes
Interpreting philosophical, scientific and theological texts
Relating work from different disciplines
Critical philosophical analysis and evaluation
Syllabus
Topics studied may include (but are not limited to) the following:
• The metaphysics of race.
• Political philosophy and race
• Epistemological issues of race.
• The phenomenology of race
• Religious thought about race
• African approaches to race
• Relations between race, culture and ethnicity
• Biological science and racial categorisation
• Aesthetics and race
Teaching methods
Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
Lectures | 11 | 1.00 | 11.00 |
Seminars | 5 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
Private study hours | 84.00 | ||
Total Contact hours | 16.00 | ||
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 100.00 |
Private study
Reading and seminar preparation: 30 hours Essay preparation: 20 hours final reflective log assignment preparation: 10 hours Lecture preparation: 11 hours Reflective writing: 13 hoursOpportunities for Formative Feedback
Via seminar performance, essay, and discussions with the module leader outside of class time (e.g. in office hours).Methods of assessment
Coursework
Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
Essay | 1200 words | 50.00 |
Reflective log | 1000 words based on 5 x 400 word logs + 200-word "linking intro' on submission" | 50.00 |
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100.00 |
* Students are required to submit all five reflective log pieces during the course of the module to pass. They then submit a single log, based on those, with a short linking introduction, for assessment at the end of the module.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 10/08/2020 08:44:12
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