LA375: DISASTER LAW AND CULTURE: LEARNING OUTCOMES
(By the end of the module the student
should be able to....)
Which teaching and learning
methods enable students to achieve
this learning outcome?
Which summative assessment
method(s) will measure the
achievement of this learning
outcome?
Demonstrate an advanced knowledge of a
corpus of historical and recent case studies
that focus on ‘disaster’.
Weekly seminars and lectures, extensive
independent study, consultation with the
module tutor, undertaking and
completing the assessed essay.
These learning outcomes will be formally
assessed by a 5,000-word essay.
Demonstrate an advanced ability to analyse
the legal, sociological, cultural, and political
meanings of disasters.
Weekly seminars and lectures, extensive
independent study, consultation with the
module tutor, undertaking and
completing the assessed essay.
These learning outcomes will be formally
assessed by a 5,000-word essay.
Demonstrate an advanced ability to
undertake interdisciplinary study and
research.
Weekly seminars and lectures, extensive
independent study, consultation with the
module tutor, undertaking and
completing the assessed essay.
These learning outcomes will be formally
assessed by a 5,000-word essay.
Demonstrate enhanced key-skills including
written and oral communication skills,
problem solving, working independently and
in groups, and research IT skills.
Weekly seminars and lectures, extensive
independent study, consultation with the
module tutor, undertaking and
completing the assessed essay.
These learning outcomes will be formally
assessed by a 5,000-word essay.
Construct and substantiate comprehensive
and sophisticated scholarly arguments in
written and oral work.
Weekly seminars, consultation with the
module tutor, undertaking and
completing the assessed essay.
These learning outcomes will be formally
assessed by a 5,000-word essay.