Science Fiction Film after 1973

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Knowledge and Understanding

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

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

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.