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2010/11 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

HPSC2105 Introduction to Scientific Texts in Context

10 creditsClass 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

This module is mutually exclusive with

HPSC2101

Scientific Texts in Context

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	1.50	16.50
Private study hours			83.50
Total Contact hours			16.50
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			100.00

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	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

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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