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Assignment:
Final portfolio in the "Disease Outbreaks, Epidemics, and Pandemics in Popular Culture" course.
Module 1: Comparing Scientific Thinking to Modes of Storytelling
Module 2: Infection and Contagion
Module 3: Infections of Interest
Module 4: Zombies
Module 5: Outbreaks and Epidemics
Write a 15-20 slides Powerpoint that demonstrates critical thinking and discusses scientific inquiry and aesthetic exploration in the context of some of the course materials that have been presented.
Refer to at least one scientific principle (like the scientific method) and at least one work of fiction.
Use a theme like melodrama, the Hero's Journey, posthumanity, or the history of science fiction film to comment on the challenges of understanding scientific information when that information is taken outside of a scientific context. For example, how do the demands of melodramatic narratives or following the exploits of a hero distract viewers or readers from the critical thinking required in science?
Provide an "executive summary" that details the key points of the essay in a few bullets (You can write this first and use it as an outline)
- What scientific principle will you use?
- What theme?
- Which scientific information?
- How are you going to relate these items together?
- What is your thesis statement?
Please create a composite slide set that ties together all the most important things we've covered in class. It'll be a mix of concepts like scientific thinking, critical reasoning, melodrama, and post humanity, with an eye toward showing how they all connect through the materials we've explored.
Connection it brings back the movie "Outbreak" and "Contagion" and relate it to real life models like SIR. Also include reflections on challenges and my biggest takeaways from the course.