Key facts
Details for course being taught in current academic year
Level 3 - 36 credits - spring and summer terms
Resources
course handbook 2008-09
dissertation guidelines
Course description
Course outline
The course uses social and cultural perspectives to examine academic and policy work in the area of fertility, reproduction and health. It draws on the insights of medical anthropology, especially relating to gender and power, to critically reflect on reproductive healthcare policy and planning in developing and post-industrial contexts. The course builds upon some of the topics (procreation, biological and social reproduction, sexuality, personhood, reproductive technologies), introduced in the level 2 anthropology courses.
Learning outcomes
1. Detailed and sophisticated anthropological expertise in reproduction and related processes
2. The ability to apply these skills in health planning and policy
3. Excellent skills in critically assess intellectual arguments
4. Advanced ability to recognise significant researchable issues
5. Ability to present highly sophisticated arguments in oral and written forms
Assessments
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Dissertation (8000 words) | Summer Term Week 5 Mon 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
Teaching methods
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Term | LECTURE | 1 hour | 1111111111 |
| Spring Term | SEMINAR | 2 hours | 1111111111 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Contact details
Dr Filippo Osella
Assess convenor
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/profile102434.html
Dr Maya Unnithan
Convenor
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/migration/profile2755.html