(Award available for year: Bachelor of Science)
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
1. understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed audiological knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in audiology and explain a range of scientific principles relevant to more complex areas of audiology and their application in clinical practice;
2. deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within audiology;
3. demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
4. evaluate and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
5. critically appraise potential innovations and their relevant evidence base in the field of audiology;
6. recognise the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in audiology, identify personal strengths and weaknesses, and critically reflect on their own practice and that of others within and outside the field of audiology;
7. make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
8. apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project in a specific area of audiology, such as critical appraisal of evidence, application of research methods, scientific and technical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills;
9. demonstrate clinical and professional competencies at the basic level of an audiologist as outlined in relevant PSRB standards of proficiencies and codes of conduct and conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
1. the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied;
2. the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
3. the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;
4. the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
5. the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature;
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
1. demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the discipline;
2. work that draws on a wide variety of material;
3. the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
4. evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the discipline;
5. work that is typically both evaluative and creative;
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