Extended Science Communication

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Develop oral presentation skills of a science topic for a lay audience
• Be able to write scientific magazine article and leaflet
• Develop scripts, treatments or storyboards of a science topic as the basis for generating an oral science stories, suitable for a lay audience
• Distil a scientific concept/methodology/idea so that a general audience can understand it

This module is a practical based approach to Science Communication, involving written and oral presentations, that aims to delivery science topics to a lay audience through various media approaches.

Teaching and learning methods

The module is assessed throughout the semester based on prepared work including written articles in the style of a scientific journal commentary and the generation of a leaflet/booklet describing a scientific theme or concept. In addition, the students will take part in a group activity exercise with the aim of researching, constructing and performing an oral presentation of a science topic.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal