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Postgraduate Module Descriptor
PHL3096: Cyborg Studies
This module descriptor refers to the 2023/4 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Are you already a Cyborg?
- What’s posthumanism? How is posthumanism different from transhumanism?
- The cyborg as feminist tool
- Cyborg politics
- Human-machine interfaces and interactions
- What is human exceptionalism
- The history of cybernetics
- Notions of agency, subjectivity, and self
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 128 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 22 | Weekly 2-hour lectures/seminars or 1 hour lecture + 1 hour seminar. |
| Guided independent study | 66 | Weekly reading and working through assigned articles and book chapters |
| Guided independent study | 62 | Essay writing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).