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• Describe examples of potentially catastrophic issues facing our society, such as climate change, economic collapse and nuclear war.
• Discuss how fictional representations of apocalyptic scenarios can reflect our concerns and inform debate about threats to society.
• Explain a particular aspect of an apocalyptic scenario in-depth, connecting to the broader scientific and social context.
• Conduct scholarly qualitative research to explore threats to our society and possible solutions in an interdisciplinary context.
• Understand both the value and limitations of scientific knowledge in addressing real-world questions and problems in a social context.
• Create a video or write a public-facing essay to communicate ideas, using appropriate technology.
• Historical Geographies of Disaster
• The Apocalypse in Popular Culture and Consciousness
• Nuclear Armageddon and EMP
• Climate Breakdown
• Pandemics, Zombies and Plagues
• Doomsday Preppers and the Architecture of Dread
• The Post-Apocalyptic World
• The Knowledge: What We Need to Rebuild
• Escaping Earth
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 18 |
Practical | 5 |
Project Supervision | 2 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 75 |
Total | 100 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Project: The final project will either be a 1500-word 'long-form' media article for a popular publication (1-2 authors) or a mini-documentary (1-4 collaborators) on your scholarly essay topic or a new one. | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Essay: In this scholarly essay, you will choose an apocalypse to confront. In 2500 words, you will outline the issue, cover relevant literature, and propose a solution (or set of solutions) to the crisis. | Week 6 | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
For the scholarly essay, each student will receive written comments with their mark, and be offered an opportunity to discuss the comments individually. For the final project, the same will apply, but if it is done as a group, each group member will receive the same mark.