(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a coherent and detailed command of the key concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which constitute English studies;
- have an advanced knowledge of the structure of English, and how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to the analysis of texts;
- a command of the key concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English Language studies, informed by recent research/scholarship in the discipline;
- a high level of ability to analyse a text of written or spoken English in a range of varieties and from different periods,
- a critical knowledge of the varieties of the English language across time, region and text type;
- a critical selection and accurate use of standard techniques of enquiry and analysis within the discipline;
- ability to describe and comment upon aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
- appreciation of the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the discipline;
- an understanding of rhetorical techniques and of English, and of the political context of English;
- demonstrate an advanced and critical knowledge of the social, political cultural contexts of the English language as a medium for literary and non-literary texts; and of how to discuss the style of texts in terms of grammar, lexis, and sound;
- demonstrate a command of the structure of the English language either specifically through the study of English language or via engagement with literary materials;
- demonstrate a critical knowledge of up to four particular and specific literary and/or language fields (minimum of 40 credits in English Language (i.e. 2 options or a dissertation), facilitated either through the choice and pursuit of research-led option modules or via the planning and production of a dissertation or other research-led projects;
- demonstrate a skilled knowledge of generic and subject-specific qualities, ie,
- present a structured and coherent argument;
- have detailed knowledge of critical terminology;
- have detailed knowledge of linguistic terminology;
- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of critical skills;
- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of analytical skills;
- selecting and using appropriate technical terms and methods;
- making appropriate selection and use of scholarly sources;
- making appropriate selection and use of data, using both qualitative and quantitative methods.
Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- research based training;
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment at graduate level entry;
- 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;
- the ability to construct an argument;
- knowledge of English Language and Literature;
- the ability to be critical of scholarly work.
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