Genetics: Science and Society

Assessment

Assessment 1 Academic Writing Piece (i.e. essay or scientific article) up to 2000 words

Students will engage with the writing of an Academic Writing piece. Relevant questions and topics will be set by the convenor; these will give the students the opportunity to meaningfully engage with interdisciplinary view and perspectives related to the studied topic.

Assessment 2 Student Devised Assessment made up of a ‘Creative Piece’ and an ‘Accompanying Piece’ (up to 1500 words)

The SDA offers students the chance to display their critical engagement with the themes and theories of the module and consider how they might practically apply what they have learned in a medium of their own choosing. The SDA could be a story, workshop, presentation, blog, comic, painting, video, piece of academic writing, dance, website, poem, song, learning resource, collage, diary etc. There is no ‘right’ way to present but the form of the SDA should have a demonstrable relationship to the ideas behind it. The developed piece will be supported by an accompanying explanation which critically engages with different theories explored by the student.

The assignments are weighted equally (50% each).