(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)
1. Evaluate insightfully how individuals and groups have existed, acted, and thought in a range of societies and cultures across a broad chronological and geographical span;
2. Assess the range, value, and challenges of the primary source material available for historical study and apply selected concepts or theories to the analysis of sources;
3. Analyse at an introductory level the key issues relating to broad field of English literary studies, including the genres of poetry, fiction, and drama from a range of literary periods and locations, and the literary, cultural, and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read;
4. Read analytically and write critically, using textual evidence to support an argument.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Communicate critical thinking skills through presenting a structured and coherent simple argument.
2. Know when, why and how to appropriately acknowledge someone else’s work and ideas.
3. Apply effective approaches to communicate with different audiences.
4. Develop positive working relationships with team members in group work.
BA English and History uses a combination of different assessment methods to capture the range of ways that students learn on the programme. At Level 1 assessment types across our compulsory and optional modules typically include: podcasts, portfolios, presentations, wikis, as well as academic essays, primary source essays, reflective logs and essays, and online exams.
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