College of Social Sciences and International Studies
Politics of Biology
Module POL3247 for 2019/0
Module POL3247 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
POL3247: Politics of Biology
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 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:
- 19th C appropriations of Darwinian theory by both laissez-faire capitalist and socialist/anarchist ideology;
- The role of biological ideas in 20th C eugenics movements and other forms of ‘dehumanisation’;
- The notions of ‘nature’ and ‘human nature’ in debates around issues such as gender, sexuality, disability, and the use of bio-technologies;
- The implications of contemporary understandings of development and evolution for our ideas of the human individual;
- The role of ideas of nature and biology in humanism and posthumanism;
- The relation to nature needed for a sustainable human future.
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 |
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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 |
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Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activity | 22 | 11 x two-hour seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 50 | Private study reading and preparing for weekly seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 78 | Preparation and completion of assessments: independent research and writing |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).