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BA Economics and Russian B

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the Joint Honours Degree programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge and professional competencies some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in the disciplines;
- deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within the discipline;
- demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
- describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
- appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the disciplines;
- make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;
- conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable.

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 discipline;
- 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 discipline;
- - evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data;
- demonstrate an appreciation of different approaches to problem solving associated with the discipline;
- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
- demonstrate an understanding of and an ability to apply appropriate mathematical and statistical concepts to the analysis of business related problems;
- use word-processing, spreadsheet and database programs and network resources; and
- understand and apply basic concepts and models in micro and macro economics.

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

The programme provides opportunities for students to practise and develop:
- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied;
- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;
- analytical and critical thinking;
- the deployment of decision making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;
- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;
- the ability to undertake further training of a professional or equivalent nature where appropriate.

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

- qualities and transferable skills appropriate for employment related to the subject areas studied; and
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility.

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

The achievement of the programme outcomes will be assessed by a variety of assessment methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of the disciplines;
- work that draws on a wide variety of material associated with the disciplines;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
- work that is both evaluative and creative.

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of 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; and
- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.

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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