Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SOC3096: Cyborg Studies

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Overview

NQF Level 6
Credits 15 ECTS Value 7.5
Term(s) and duration

This module ran during term 1 (11 weeks)

Academic staff

Dr Alexander Badman-King (Lecturer)

Pre-requisites

none

Co-requisites

none

Available via distance learning

No

This module encourages you to develop a new perspective on the world. A cyborg is a cybernetic organism, a hybrid of machine and organism. With the figure of the cyborg, we will explore the couplings of humans, machines, sciences, animals and nature. Discussions of ' posthumanist' theory and its moral and political implications will be considered alongside a very wide range of empirical studies drawn from science and technology studies, environmental studies and the arts. The module consists of seminar based discussions of pre-assigned readings. There are no prerequisites and it is suitable for non-specialist students in the social and natural sciences, the humanities and engineering and is highly appropriate for students following interdisciplinary pathways.

Module created

09/03/2016

Last revised

02/02/2021