(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)
On successful completion of the year, you will be able to:
Subject Specific Learning Outcomes
1. Provide detailed explanations of a range of concepts, ideas, and debates in philosophy and the study of religion.
2. Formulate complex critical evaluation of significant debates in philosophy and the study of religion.
3. Identify and employ discipline-specific research methods and skills salient to the study of philosophy and of religion.
4. Analyse the inter-connections between the study of philosophy and of religion.
5. Apply your theoretical understanding to real-world issues.
Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Express yourself in a clear, concise, focused, and structured manner (Academic and Work Ready skill).
2. Find, organise, and produce summaries of complex ideas, arguments, and information from a range of relevant sources (Academic and Work Ready skill).
3. Analyse the arguments or research findings of others and construct complex arguments of your own or generate your own findings (Academic and Work Ready skill).
4. Identify when, why, and how to appropriately acknowledge someone else’s work and ideas (Academic and Work Ready 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, a reflective log, a presentation, and an annotated bibliography.
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, enabling you to make progress with the learning outcomes and skills outside a summative assessment context. Opportunities for explicit discussion and support will continue to be made available by module leaders in student consultation hours and in routine meetings with academic personal tutors.
The ‘Researching Religion: Skills and Methods’ module will support you in your understanding of and proficiency in several methodologies (including social scientific, philosophical, and theological) and independent research, and will highlight connections between the various fields of study of the programme through specifying how different disciplinary approaches can be applied to the study of religion. This module enhances your general academic skills and develops an interdisciplinary understanding of your programme. The core modules and any combination of optional modules will enable you to achieve all the learning outcomes.
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