(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)
On completion of Year One, students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate an awareness of the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies;
- use basic generic and subject-specific qualities, i.e., present a structured and coherent simple argument
- have some knowledge of critical terminology
- have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations;
- have experience of the key strategies for exploring and analysing contemporary theatre practice, through the study of performance and textual materials;
- have an awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read, and in which dramatic materials have been composed and staged;
- have a basic knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;
- develop critical skills;
- develop analytical skills;
- develop performance skills that serve to demonstrate critical understanding;
- demonstrate a critical understanding of prose writing and prose genres, and the impact of historical, social and cultural matter on the evolution and transformation of prose literatures;
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire key transferable skills as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
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:
- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating some knowledge of English Literature, dramatic texts and performance theory.
- demonstrating the ability to carry out and present basic research;
- demonstrating the ability to work within a group towards workshop-based presentations;
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