Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 21 hours; 7x3 hour seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT OF 5,000 WORDS | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT TO BE RESUBMITTED, IF FAILED | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Analyse and critically evaluate the relationship between ethical, philosophical, political and sociological approaches to human-animal relationships;
2. Dissect and critically assess the various features of speciest and non-speciest approaches in human-animal relationships;
3. Provide a critical and discursive argument which addresses the question of the role of the law in animal welfare practices;
4. Demonstrate an ability to undertake sustained critical analysis of human-animal relationships by drawing on a range of perspectives, for example, sociological, psychological and criminological frameworks;
5. Demonstrate an ability to critically discuss the ideas, theories and concepts learnt in the module in relation to specific case studies.
Content
- Animals, politics and morality
- Animals and the law
- Human-animal relationships
- Human-animal relationships and crime
- Animal abuse and aggression
- Speciest and non-speciest approaches to animal welfare and abuse in Criminology
Brief description
This module draws on a range of philosophical, theoretical and empirical work on the subject of animal welfare and crime. Consideration will be given to both historical and contemporary arguments on human-animal relationships as well as to the emerging speciest/non-speciest debate from a criminological context.
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7