On successful completion of the module you will be better able to:

• Demonstrate  systematic knowledge and critical understanding of your chosen topic.
• Propose ways of investigating a real-world issue from a new perspective, utilizing your own skills, knowledge and expertise
• Synthesise, evaluate critically and challenge information and arguments from a range of sources to produce an original analysis
• Work in an interdisciplinary manner to produce work for assessment
• Plan, monitor and review your progress as an independent learner, acknowledging the value of your own unique contributions to knowledge on your subject

• Topics are to be negotiated with individual supervisors and receive the approval of the Module Leader. There is broad scope for the topic, as long as you can demonstrate how it relates to global issues.

An active learning approach is achieved with the use of workshop sessions and practical activities to help you develop your ideas. You will conduct library and empirical research to support your understanding of your chosen topic. The module progresses with opportunities for self, peer and lecturer formative and summative evaluation and all feedback is provided within seven days and is dialogic in nature. You will be offered opportunities to reflect on the skills that you are developing and to consider how they might be transferable to your core studies. You will be encouraged to incorporate your personal experience and interests into your work, and will be supported to ensure that this is inclusive.

You will receive ongoing formative feedback on your progress and written feedback and provisional marks for your submitted assessments within two term time weeks of submission. Dialogic written feedback is provided for each assignment. As part of the feedback process, you will be asked to write a response to the feedback which is reviewed by the lecturer. In addition, you can sign up for further individual support if required.

• Coursework: Independent Project Submission - see below (90%)
• Practical: Course Performance - decided by your supervisor/s (10%)

Independent Project Submission - Overall submission equivalent workload of a 3000-5000 word essay. E.g. a written report (2500 words) and a ten-minute video (1000 word equivalent). There is scope for the analytical essay assessment to be partially substituted by an alternative form of assessment – i.e. a presentation, a poster or piece of artwork. 

The Course Performance mark reflects the level of professional engagement you demonstrate with your supervisor when arranging and attending supervision meetings, responding to feedback that you are given and meeting deadlines.

• Requirements: You are expected to attend all classes and undertake approximately 85 hours of independent study in total during the module. Independent study includes reading and preparation for classes, researching and writing coursework assignments and preparing for other assessments.
• This module is designed as an undergraduate Level 6 module. For an explanation of levels, view the Imperial Horizons Level Descriptors page.‌‌