ASOB16032U Gender, ethnicity and post-colonialism

Volume 2023/2024
Education

Compulsory course on the 2nd semester BSc in sociology

 

Please note:

This course is not open to credit- and Exchange students

Content

The purpose of this course is to delve in greater depth into concepts such as gender, ethnicity/race, belonging, citizenship and others.  We examine how classical and newer theories engage with these topics, and help us to understand the experiences of groups who are Othered, or may become discriminated against and marginalised through various processes.  We begin to explore how globalisation, as well as more specifically migration shape stratification and differentiation structures.

 

The course integrates theoretical readings with ones that also draw on empirical materials to extend theory.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

  • Identify a number of theorists, schools of thought and concepts that tackle questions of gender, ethnicity, colonialism and marginalisation.
  • Consider which of these to apply to a particular societal problem – and what the implications are of this on how to empirically study it.
  • Be able to build bridges between theory that specifically seeks to tackle these questions, and broader sociological theory, which is often also concerned with similar questions.

 

Skills

More specifically, the student will be able to:

  • Both skim and read in-depth different types of sociological texts, identifying the central arguments (both in theoretical and more empirically descriptive texts).
  • Evaluate how different theories make sense of similar issues, and how their genesis and current application shape the contributions they make to scholarship.
  • Be able to search for relevant other materials to supplement their examination of an issue related to the course focus.

 

Competencies

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Select and discuss how different theories and concepts understand issues around gender, ethnicity and marginalisation.
  • Suggest ways issues are connected and why in some scholarship particular elements are fore-fronted.
  • Elaborate how different theoretical approaches inform the empirical study on the issue.

Still to be completed.
Will be announced in Absalon.

Lectures, small group discussions, student presentations.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Lectures
  • 42
  • Preparation
  • 144
  • Exam Preparation
  • 20
  • Total
  • 206
Peer feedback (Students give each other feedback)

Students will actively comment on other students’ presentations and inputs, as well as nominating two student representatives to work with the course leader to ensure all students can feedback on how well the course is being facilitated to meet their learning needs.

Credit
7,5 ECTS
Type of assessment
Written assignment, -
Type of assessment details
Individual/group (max 4 students).
A written take-home essay is defined as an assignment that addresses one or more questions. The exam is based on the course syllabus, i.e. the literature set by the teacher. The written take-home essay must be no longer than 10 pages. For group assignments, an extra 5 pages is added per additional student.
Further details for this exam form can be found in the Curriculum and in the General Guide to Examinations at KUnet.
Exam registration requirements

You need to be signed up for the course to attend the exam

Aid
All aids allowed

Policy on the Use of Generative AI Software and Large Language Models in Exams

The Department of Sociology prohibits the use of generative AI software and large language models (AI/LLMs), such as ChatGPT, for generating novel and creative content in written exams. However, students may use AI/LLMs to enhance the presentation of their own original work, such as text editing, argument validation, or improving statistical programming code. Students must disclose if and how AI/LLMs have been used in an appendix, which will not count toward the page limit of the exam. This policy is in place to ensure that students’ written exams accurately reflect their own knowledge and understanding of the material.

Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Exam period

Find more information on your study page at KUnet.
Exchange students and Danish full degree guest students please see the homepage of Sociology;
www.sociology.ku.dk under Education --> Exams

Re-exam

If the re-exam is taken during the ordinary exam period: see ordinary exam form

If the re-exam is taken during the re-exam period:

Written take-home essay with NEW formulated questions

Individual/group

 

Abovementioned applies to course registrations in Spring 2023 and onward.

If you have been registered for the course before Spring 2023, please write to the study administration: soc-studieadm@soc.ku.dk.

 

NOTE!

This is a mandatory course, and it is therefore only possible to take the exam during the spring, as the course is not offered in the fall

 

 

Criteria for exam assesment

Please see the learning outcome