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BA Classical Literature and Russian B

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of the study of Classical Literature;
- use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities i.e.
- be able to communicate the results of their work;
- present a structured and coherent simple argument;
- be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of the study of antiquity;
- evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data;
- demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with the discipline;
- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
- demonstrate an awareness of disciplinary scope and boundaries;
- demonstrate knowledge of some major genres of ancient Greek and Latin literature.


On completion of the year students should have provided evidence of:
- being able to present a structured and coherent simple argument;
- being able to communicate in Russian at a survival level;
- having acquired knowledge and understanding of the basic structures of Russian and its writing system;
- being able to demonstrate basic receptive and productive language skills;
- being able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of one or more aspects of the literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography, social and economic structures of the societies of Russia and the Former Soviet Union.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment and skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility.

These may typically include, to an extent commensurate with the level of study: independence of thought; capacity for critical reflection and critical judgement; ability to gather, memorise, organise and deploy information and to extract key elements from data and identify and solve associated problems; ability to select and apply appropriate methodologies; ability to engage in analytical and evaluative thinking, lateral thinking and to marshal argument; ability to present material orally and in written form; ability to work with others, under pressure and to meet deadlines; basic IT skills.


Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- qualities and transferable skills related to the Russian and Slavonic Studies, valuable for employment, eg. be able to gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, be able to use IT effectively both as a means of communication and as an aid to learning;
- word-processing in Cyrillic;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- the ability to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners.

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the syllabuses for the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:

- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
- work that covers a restricted area of the discipline;
- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the syllabuses of the modules chosen within those specified for the year/programme, but will typically include elements of both formal examination and of assessed essay work.


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:

- demonstrating the knowledge and application of standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to the area of study;
- work that covers a restricted area of the subject;
- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.

Assessment methods include, where appropriate for each module:
- written examinations
- oral language examinations
- assessed language coursework
- assessed non-language coursework.

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