Form C4
Course
Code
Heriot-Watt University - Course Descriptor
C40DP
1. Course
International & National Deaf Political Studies
Title
School of Management and Languages
4. School
6. Delivery:
Location &
Semester
2. SCQF 10
Level
5. Course
Gary Quinn
Co-ordinator
3. Credits
15
Edin
SBC
Orkney
Dubai
IDL
Collaborative Partner
Approved Learning Partner
Sem…1
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7. Pre-requisites
8. Linked Courses
(specify if synoptic)
9. Excluded Courses
None
10. Replacement Courses
Code:
N/A
11. Degrees for which
this is a core course
Date Of Replacement:
12. The course may be
delivered to:
UG only
PG only
UG & PG
MA in BSL (Interpreting, Translating & Applied Language
Studies) C4B1-BSL
13. Available as an Elective?
Yes
No
14. Aims
International and National Deaf Politics
• To understand the workings of International Deaf and Translation/Interpreting Organisations and Federations in relation to Internationally recognised groups
• To enable students to critically evaluate the tensions between the various UK National Deaf organisations and the ways in which they integrate, interact and synthesise,
culturally as well as politically
• To critically assess the various theories of Deaf political ideologies in relation to International and National Deaf politics
• To identify and critically assess the multiple contexts in which ‘Deaf politics’ is understood, with particular emphasis on an Interpreting and Translation contexts
15. Syllabus
International and National Deaf Politics
This programme will equip students with the ability to recognise the myriad of ways in which ‘politics’ is understood in Deaf contexts; building on the themes identified in
Year two. Particular emphasis is on the way in which national, regional and international Deaf politics is framed and structured organically (i.e. down to laypeople/grassroots
BSL users), and the tensions that arise in relation to social, political and civil society institutions.
16. Learning Outcomes (HWU Core Skills: Employability and Professional Career Readiness)
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Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills
Demonstrate knowledge that covers and integrates most
of the principal areas, features, boundaries, terminology and
conventions relating to International and National Deaf Politics.
Personal Abilities
Industrial, Commercial & Professional
Practice
 Critically identify, define, conceptualise,
and analyse complex/professional level
problems and issues.
 Critically review and consolidate
knowledge, skills and practices and
thinking in Internationaland National
Deaf Politics.

Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
 Demonstrate critical understanding of the main theories,
concepts and principles relating to International and National
Deaf Politics.
Autonomy, Accountability & Working with
Others

 Offer professional level insights,
interpretations and solutions to
problems and issues.
 Make judgements where
data/information is limited or comes
from a range of sources.

17. Assessment Methods
Method
Communication, Numeracy & ICT
 Make formal presentations about
specialised topics to informed
audiences.
 Communicate with professional level
peers, senior colleagues in the
profession and specialists.
 Use a range of software to support and
enhance work at this level.
18. Re-assessment Methods
Duration of Exam
Weighting (%)
Synoptic courses?
Method
(if applicable)
Continuous Assessment
Duration of Exam
Diet(s)
(if applicable)
100%
N/A
N/A
N/A
19. Date and Version
Date of Proposal
March 2015
Date of Approval by
School Committee
Date of
Implementation
September 2015
Version
Number
2/2
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