HPSC2105 Introduction to Scientific Texts in Context
10 Credits Class Size: 100
Module manager: Dr Sophie Weeks
Email: s.v.weeks@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable
Year running
2010/11
Pre-requisite qualifications
20 credits of HPSC level 1 modules
Mutually Exclusive
Module replaces
HPSC2140
This module is not approved as an Elective
Objectives
On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Interpret the arguments in a classic contemporary scientific text;
2. Relate those arguments to the author's life and work generally;
3. Relate those arguments to the wider intellectual, cultural, social and material contexts in which the text was written;
4. Critically assess the relevant historiography;
5. Analyze the reception of the text in its own time.
Syllabus
A single text, e.g. Charles Darwin, Descent of Man, and selection in relation to sex (1871) will be examined in detail and its contents related to contemporary debates and issues in context.
Teaching Methods
| Delivery type |
Number |
Length hours |
Student hours |
| Seminar |
11 |
1.5 |
16.5 |
| Private study hours |
83.5 |
| Total Contact hours |
16.5 |
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) |
100 |
Private study
6 hours reading per seminar
17.5 hours essay preparation
Background reading
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Through seminar preparation and comments on essay plan submitted for written feedback by module leader.
Methods of Assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type |
Notes |
% of formal assessment |
| Essay |
2,000 words |
100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) |
100 |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Reading List
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 07/04/2011
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