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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3097: Environment and Society
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:
- Introduction: Nature and the Environment in Science and Technology Studies
- GM Foods
- Climate Controversies and Consensus
- Un/natural disaster
- Scientific Uncertainties and Environmental Health
- Wilderness Discourses and Social Natures
- Environment and Social Justice
- Making Species: Natives, Aliens and Endangered
- Biodiversity: Concepts, Discourses and Practices
- Experts, Laypeople and Other Animals
- BSE Crisis – a British Example of “Risk Society”
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 activity | 22 | 11 x 2 hour weekly lectures/seminars (or 1 hour lecture + 1 hour seminar) |
| Guided Independent study | 66 | Readings for seminars |
| Guided Independent study | 62 | Researching and writing the essay |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).