Admission requirements
Mandatory course for students enrolled in the bachelor’s programme Security Studies. Only students of the Bachelor Security Studies can take this course.
Description
Skills Lab 3 builds on Skills Labs 1 & 2, and aims to further train academic and professional skills. In the backdrop of different disciplines students will work on developing a variety of skills: application of theory, critical thinking, teamwork, leadership, academic writing, argumentation, debating and presenting. In addition, students will get acquainted with different safety science tools to study safety challenges and learn how to analyse media sources. The skills labs are highly interactive and require students to actively participate in a wide variety of in-class exercises.
Through the Explore-Understand-Do method Skills Lab 3 also aims to bring about a deeper understanding of safety related concepts and topics by explaining, discussing and practising the content of the core course Case Study Fukushima.
Each student will also have an individual student-tutor meeting.
Various assignments will be used to monitor and assess the students’ skills development and study progress. Students will regularly discuss and reflect on their progress and performance with eachother and their tutor.
Course objectives
After this course students are able to:
Compare crisis and disaster coverage using a media analysis toolkit;
Assess the quality, relevance and credibility of grey literature and non-academic sources;
Construct a compelling argument by applying core concepts to a wide variety of cases;
Deliver a synergetic team presentation by applying a disciplinary lens and participating in a multidisciplinary panel discussion;
Apply safety science tools and theories to socially impactful events, challenges and disasters; and
Debate the (ethical) safety and security challenges involved in nuclear energy use.
Timetable
On the right side of the programme front page you will find links to the website and timetables, uSis and Brightspace.
Mode of instruction
The course includes 14 lab sessions, which will employ various active learning methods.
Attendance
Attendance is mandatory. Missing more than 3 sessions will lead to a fail. Students who have missed more than 3 sessions are not allowed to take part in the resit(s).
Total study load of 140 hours:
Lab hours: 42
Self-study hours: 98
Assessment method
- 15% Participation
- 30% Written individual assignment
- 25% Midterm assignment
- 30% Group presentation
All grades (participation, both written assignments and the group presentation) will be collected in a portfolio which makes up 100% of the grade. The calculated grade of all portfolio parts has to be at least 5.50 in order to pass the course.
Resits
Students with a calculated grade lower than 5.50 for their portfolio are eligible for a resit of a maximum of 2 portfolio components. It is impossible to resit the 15% participation grade.
Transitional Arrangement
Grades obtained for this course in previous academic years are no longer valid in academic year 2024-2025.
In the case of written assessment methods, the examiner can always initiate a follow-up conversation with the student to establish whether the learning objectives have been met.
Reading list
A selection of books and articles will be announced on Brightspace.
Registration
Register yourself via MyStudymap for each course, workgroup and exam (not all courses have workgroups and/or exams).
Do so on time, before the start of the course; some courses and workgroups have limited spaces. You can view your personal schedule in MyTimetable after logging in.
The registration date for this course will be announced.
Leiden University uses Brightspace as its online learning management system. After enrolment for the course in MyStudymap you will be automatically enrolled in the Brightspace environment of this course. Furthermore, announcements and modifications will be communicated via Brightspace. Students have the responsibility to stay informed and are thus advised to regularly check Brightspace for updates.
More information on registration via MyStudymap can be found on this page.
Please note: guest-/contract-/exchange students do not register via MyStudymap but via uSis.
Contact
Course coordinator Sofie Delpeut s.delpeut@fgga.leidenuniv.nl
Remarks
For exceptions, please contact the Board of Examiners.