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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
(1) Show a good understanding of the relationship between science and society in Europe and the World.
(2) Examine key developments and actors in the global history of science to the standard of a level 2 module.
(3) Engage, analyze, and discuss a range of primary and secondary sources.
(4) Produce a scholarly essay to the standard of a level 2 module.
Indicative Themes:
1. Methods 1. Historicizing the sciences
2. Methods 2. States of nature
3. Methods 3. Global science, global pillage
4. Forests: measuring early modern environmental change
5. Islands: science and the slave plantation economy
6. Mountains: mapping high imperial spaces
7. Ice: arctic encounters and glaciology
8. Waterscapes: colonial hydraulics and indigenous resistance
9. Arid Lands: land use and environmental engineering
10. Underlands: extractivism and subaltern geology
11. Atmospheres: climate science, fossil fuels, and the Anthropocene
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 11 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 11 |
Specified Learning Activities | 45 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 45 |
Total | 112 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Mid-term assignment 1,000 words | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Assignment: 2,000 word essay | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: Class participation | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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Repeat | Within Two Trimesters |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback individually to students, post-assessment: Feedback on the mid-term assessment will be provided in writing. Oral feedback will be provided on an ongoing basis on plans and reading lists for the end of semester research project. Students have opportunity to book a one-to-one discussion with the module coordinator to discuss their research for this project. Written feedback on the end of semester assessment will be provided via Brightspace.