Undergraduate Module Descriptor

ANT2087: Disability and Society

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 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:

- The social model of disability

- Disability across cultures and states

- Disability across the life course

- Culture, identity and disability

- Politics of disability

- Ethics and disability – the politics of deviant bodies

- Disability and Sport

- Social exclusion, stigma and discrimination

- Disability in historical context in Britain

- Disability and Art

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
Scheduled Learning and Teaching	22	11 x 2-hour seminars involving presentations, group interactive discussion, film presentations and media analysis. Please note the two last sessions were the students present their essay projects will be held via skype (4hours)
Guided independent study	18	Preparing seminar-presentation individually and as a group
Guided independent study	30	Reading and research
Guided independent study	30	Web-based activities
Guided independent study	50	Reading, researching and writing essay

Online Resources

This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).

Numerous web based resources for researching general and specific disability issues, e.g., www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies; www.efds.net (English Federation of Disability Sport); www.dpi.org (disabled peoples’ international); www.ddlg.co.uk (disabled data link group).

An updated list of resources will be provided in the lectures.

Other Learning Resources

Ethnographic films and relevant feature films; media including blogs (e.g., http://disabilityrants.blogspot.com/and Ouch! …it’s a disability thing : http://www.bbc.co.uk/ouch/ )

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
Group presentation - primarily oral although power points slides and handouts may be used	30 minutes	1-2,4,6-9	Written and 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	1-9	Written
Individual seminar presentation	20	20 minutes	1-9	Oral and written

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
Research essay	3,500 word essay	1-9	August/September reassessment period
Individual Seminar presentation	20 minutes	1-9	August/September reassessment period