| CODE | ANT3025 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Anthropology Placement | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Anthropological Sciences | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Students will be attending a hosting agency (according to availability of placements) where they will be given specific guidelines to follow. Students will be expected to attend a total of 100 placement hours. Students will be working in a field related to their anthropological studies such as Intangible Cultural Heritage Management. They will be given tasks and supervised in their work by the hosting agency. Study-unit Aims: The objective of this study-unit is to provide students with the opportunity to: - Experience the environment of a real workplace and identify how anthropological training can assist in the purpose of achieving organisational objectives; - Organise themselves so that they can receive, quickly understand and carry out instructions to the satisfaction of their superiors as a means of developing towards the completion of more responsible work; - Develop the interpersonal skills required to enable them to work efficiently as a member of a team trying to achieve organisational goals. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply anthropological knowledge to the workings of an NGO or Cultural Agency; - Identify the role of the different professionals working within the agency; - Conduct research in a related field according to the placement needs. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Frequent a work environment where they will be given specific tasks to be carried out; - Link theory to practice; - Apply their anthropological knowledge to address practical tasks and challenges; - Write reports and assist in the compilation of data as needed. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Pink, S. (2006) Applications of Anthropology: Professional Anthropology in the Twenty-first Century. Berghahn Books. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Placement and Tutorial | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Maurice Said |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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