(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
On successful completion of the year students, will be able to:
Philosophy LOs
1. Provide detailed explanations of ideas and debates from a wider range of philosophical areas of enquiry, concepts, theories and arguments
2. Apply more advanced skills to critically evaluate and identify different forms of philosophical argument
3. Identify connections between the two disciplines of Philosophy and English studies
4. Coherently develop, articulate and defend their own view on philosophical texts, arguments and ideas through complex arguments
English LOs
5. Demonstrate the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read, including literature before 1800;
6. Apply and evaluate key concepts, critical theories and methodologies of literary analysis;
7. Demonstrate developing research skills, including the ability to identify and locate appropriate scholarship, resources and evidence.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Express yourself orally and in written form in a clear, concise, focused and structured manner (Academic and Work Ready skill)
2. Search for, evaluate and use appropriate and relevant sources to help strengthen the quality of academic work and independent research (Academic, Work Ready and Enterprise skill)
3. Identify when, why and how to appropriately acknowledge someone else’s work and ideas (Academic and Work Ready skill)
4. Collaborate with others and value their ideas (Work Ready and Enterprise skill)
Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year and will include essays, presentations, portfolios, research exercises, critical analyses.
Assessment is streamlined so that modules have only one or two components of assessment, depending on module-specific learning outcomes. There will be varied forms of unassessed formative exercises allowing students to make progress with the LOs and skills outside an assessment context. Opportunities for explicit discussion and support will continue to be made available by module leaders in office hours and in routine meetings with academic personal tutors.
The Philosophical Method module will support students in their understanding of and proficiency in philosophical methodology and independent research, and identify connections between their two JH disciplines through identifying how philosophical questions can be applied to the context of English Studies. It enhances students' generic philosophical skills and develops an interdisciplinary understanding of their programme (LOs 2-4). The module includes practical and group exercises to incrementally develop these skills.
Core modules and any combination of optional modules will enable students to achieve all the learning outcomes.
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