Science Fiction Film after 1973

Learning Outcomes

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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
• contemporary examples of relevant films
• appropriate critical approaches
• issues of representation
• the debates rehearsed in those films

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.