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Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3044: Imagined Futures: Environment, Industry, Health 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:
- Environmental crises & technoscientific solutions
- Promises, imaginaries & hype-cycles
- (Un)Sustainable industries
- Reimagining the human
- Technoscience, development and global inequalities
- Responsible futures
- “Futurelessness”
- Hopeful futures
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule Learning and Teaching | 22 | 11 x 2 hours per week comprising of lectures and seminars |
| Guided Independent Study | 50 | Weekly readings and discussion planning |
| Guided Independent Study | 78 | Essay writing and research |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
- ELE – College to provide hyperlink to appropriate pages