Science Fiction Film after 1973

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate ideas and arguments effectively in writing
• show an awareness of the significance of social and historical context;
• investigate the relationship between the films and their audiences;
• investigate, discuss and write analytically about specific areas studied within the module
• investigate topic boundaries, and their relationship to other disciplinary frameworks

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the relationship between the audience and the text
• appropriate critical approaches
• contemporary examples of relevant films
• issues of representation
• the debates rehearsed in those films

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use a range of secondary material
• participate productively in academic debate
• write critically, reflectively and accurately

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.