Module ANT3037 for 2016/7
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ANT3037: Actor-Network-Theory
This module descriptor refers to the 2016/7 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:
• Origins of ANT
• Experience and Social Facts
• Strong programme, Edinburgh School
• Laboratory Studies
• Sociology of Objects and Technology
• Illness
• Disability
• Human/Animals
• A new Sociology?
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 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning & Teaching | 22 | Eleven 2-hour lectures, involving presentations, group discussion, film presentations and media analysis |
| Guided independent study | 18 | Preparing seminar-presentation individually and as a group |
| Guided independent study | 80 | Reading for assignments |
| Guided independent study | 30 | Essay preparation: conducting research, analysing data, and writing the finished product |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Course materials (including lecture slides and tutorial topics/questions) will be provided on ELE prior to each lecture/tutorial.
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class Presentation primarily oral although power point, other media and handouts may be used | 15-20 minutes | 1-8 | Oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | 0 | 20 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Essay | 80 | 3,500 words | 1-8 | Written |
| Session presentation of readings and leading session discussion | 20 | Each Session, including group work, 20-30 minutes, moderation of each session, and handing in discussion notes where required, after presentation (on ELE); including in class presentation of essay topic and related literature, 5-10 minutes | 1-8 | Oral and written |
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 | ||||
| 0 |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seminar presentation of readings and leading seminar discussion | 1,500 word essay | 1-8 | August/September assessment period |
| Research Essay | 3,500 word essay | 1-8 | August/September assessment period |
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Basic reading:
Latour, B. (2015) Re-Assembling the Social. AN Introduction to ANT. Oxford: OUP
Law, J. (1991) (ed.) A Sociology of Monsters. Essays on Power, Technology and Power. London: Routledge.
Law, J. & Hassard, J. (1999) Actor Network Theory and After. Sociological Review Monographs/Oxford: Blackwell.
Mol, A. (2002) The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice. Durham/London: Duke University Press.
Schillmeier, M. (2010) Rethinking Disability. Bodies, Senses and Things. London: Routledge
