(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)
On successful completion of the year, students will be able to:
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
1. Present structured and well-researched evaluation of specialist topics or debates in at least two of the disciplines of philosophy, psychology or scientific thought.
2. Apply your advanced understanding of these areas of enquiry to effectively develop and articulate a sophisticated view of your own.
3. Identify the interconnected nature of enquiry in philosophy, psychology and scientific thought, to understanding of the mind.
4. Articulate how philosophical and psychological study of the mind and human behaviour shapes social institutions and practices.
5. Undertake an extended piece of independent research in philosophy or scientific thought, or analysis of the relevance of your studies to a real world, non-academic context.
Skills Learning Outcomes
6. Work independently, and on own initiative to undertake independent research (Academic, Work Ready and Enterprise skill)
7. Identify when, why and how to appropriately acknowledge someone else’s work and ideas (Academic and Work Ready skill)
8. Collaborate with others, value their ideas, and build positive relationships which then enables successful projects (Work Ready and Enterprise skill)
9. Generate ideas, demonstrate originality and imaginative thinking, including the concept of ‘thinking outside the box’ (Work Ready skill)
10. Develop and apply a breadth of knowledge to assess the consequences and impact of ideas, opportunities and actions (Enterprise skill)
11. Make connections between issues or key debates in philosophy, psychology and scientific thought (Academic skill)
All final year students complete a research project in the PRHS subject areas that will aid them in honing their skills using scholarly literature, analysing and evaluating arguments, as well as work-ready and enterprise skills such as self-discipline, self-direction, creativity, and conducting independent work.
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules and may include a written dissertation, oral assessment, written reports, posters, presentations, essays, or examinations.
There will be a range of unassessed formative exercises on many modules, allowing students to make progress with the LOs and skills outside an assessment context. The listed transferable skills will be exercised across a combination of optional and core modules, and opportunities for explicit discussion and support will be made available by module leaders in office hours and in routine meetings with academic personal tutors.
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