Module ANTM100 for 2017/8
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
ANTM100: The Animal Mirror: Representations of Animality
This module descriptor refers to the 2017/8 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The structure and thematic content will include some or all of the following:
- The representation of animals in ‘culture’ and the media
- The representation of animals in literature (including an overview of how to approach working with texts)
- Animals and Colonialism
- Representing self and other
- The animal aesthetic: Animals in Art/Animals as Art
- Anthropomorphism
- The post-modern animal and post-humanism
- Hybrids
- Exhibiting animals
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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20 | 130 | 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 activities | 10 | 10 x 1 hour podcast audio lectures with accompanying powerpoint presentations |
Scheduled Learning & Teaching activities | 10 | 10 x 1 hour discussion/seminar participations on the VLE discussion forums (Including formative assessments) |
Guided Independent Study | 45 | Weekly preparatory reading for lectures and seminars |
Guided Independent Study | 30 | Preparation for formative assessments |
Guided Independent Study | 50 | Research and writing of summative assessments |
Guided Independent Study | 5 | Attendance at an exhibition |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
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 |
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Non-assessed exercises | Weekly Q&A discussions on VLE discussion forums (equivalent to 1 hour per week) | 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10 | Peer-assessed (via postings on ELE and/or The Den (Anthrozoology group on Exeter's social networking site) and written feedback on the discussion forums. |
Reflexive journal relating to attending exhibition | Approximately 5 hours / 1500 words. | 2, 6, 9 | Written feedback. |
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 |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...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 |
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Review of an exhibition | 50 | 2,000 words | 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11 | Written feedback. |
Photo-essay with accompanying written critical analysis | 50 | 2,000 words | 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 | Written feedback. |
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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 |
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Review of an exhibition | Review of an exhibition | 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 11 | August/September re-assessment period |
Photo-essay | Photo-essay (2,000 words) | 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 | August/September re-assessment period |