(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
On completion of Level Two, students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate familiarity with the main concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies;
- present a structured and coherent argument
- have sound knowledge of critical terminology
- have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations, including literature before 1800;
- have a sound knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;
- develop and deploy judiciously a range of critical skills; -
- develop and deploy judiciously a range of analytical skills;
- demonstrate a sound critical knowledge of the social, political cultural contexts of the English language as a medium for literature;
- demonstrate a command of English syntax, grammar and style via engagement with literary materials;
- demonstrate a broad understanding of: chronological continuity and change; how people have existed, acted and thought in a range of societies and cultures; techniques for close work on both primary and/or secondary sources.
- apply generic and subject specific intellectual qualities to a further range of historical periods and problems. These include critical and empathetic reading and use of texts or other source materials; appreciation of the complexity and diversity of past cultures; appreciation of the problematic nature of historical interpretation and evidence; critical evaluation of historical evidence; marshalling and communicating of argument, both oral and written.
- appreciate, employ and critically evaluate some of the main approaches to history, through historiographical material embedded in the curriculum
- use a range of techniques and approaches to analyse data and information.
- understand and reflect upon the nature of history and the limitations of historical evidence.
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.
Students will have had the opportunity to practise as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility
decision making
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 concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating knowledge of two disciplines;
- demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the discipline/profession to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.
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