Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the key features of the theories of the nature of sex, sexuality and gender covered by the module, the core arguments for each view and the key objections.
- topics in the ethics of sex, sexuality and gender covered by the module. You will be able to describe and assess the possible positions that might be taken on each issue, the core arguments for each view and the key objections.
- how to relate these issues to issues in other areas of philosophy that you have studied, such as Ethics or Feminism.
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- interpret, synthesise and criticise complex texts and positions.
- present views and arguments in a clear and engaging fashion.
- examine critically and dispassionately views which can appear provocative and contentious.
- express and debate ideas in writing, in an open minded and rigorous way.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- work effectively to deadlines.
- take notes from talks and written materials.
- convey ideas concisely and clearly .
- undertake, with adequate supervision, independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources.
- think independently and support your views with arguments.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Completion of assessment task | 29 |
Wider reading or practice | 30 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 29 |
Lecture | 33 |
Follow-up work | 29 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Robert B. Baker, Kathleen Wininger and Frederick A. Elliston. Philosophy and Sex. Prometheus Books.
Alan Soble. The Philosophy of Sex: Contemporary Readings. Rowman & Littlefield.
Igor Primoratz (1999). Ethics and Sex. Routledge.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Exercise
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
- Percentage contribution: 33%
Exercise
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Written feedback
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
- Percentage contribution: 33%
Exercise
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback:
- Final Assessment: No
- Group Work: No
- Percentage contribution: 34%
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Exercise | 15% |
Exercise | 70% |
Exercise | 15% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Timed Assignment | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Exercise | 70% |
Exercise | 15% |
Exercise | 15% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External