BA Economics and Thai Studies

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:
- Read and write all Thai consonants, vowels and diphthongs;
- Understand the system for identifying intonation;
- Pronounce Thai clearly and accurately;
- Communicate effectively, orally and in written form, using at least 1,000 Thai words;
- Read and write short sentences in Thai;
- Demonstrate a sound understanding of Thai grammar and syntax;
- Demonstrate basic receptive and productive language skills in a variety of contexts.

Additionally:
- Demonstrate a sound basic familiarity with Thai history, culture, society, geography and development;
- Demonstrate a sound familiarity with the basic concepts and information, and the practical, technical and intellectual approaches in at least two academic disciplines;
- Demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with these disciplines;
- Be able to interpret and evaluate the underlying concepts and principles of the discipline;
- Be able to present structured and coherent arguments;
- Be able to communicate the results of their work;
- Be able to engage in meaningful discussion with peers and tutors within a virtual learning environment;
- Appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners.

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.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- Basic linguistic qualities and transferable skills relevant to employment and life more generally;
- A basic ability to draw connections between language, academic learning and context;
- Basic contextual awareness and embryonic skills of contextual immersion;
- Basic skills of deduction, argument and both oral and written presentation;
- Basic skills of information retrieval and synthesis;
- A basic ability to use information and computing technology effectively as a means of communication and as an aid to learning;
- Basic skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- Basic skills of time and organisational management.

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.

Assessment

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:
- Regular written, oral and aural tests during the course of the year to ascertain students' level of progress with: the Thai script; the Thai intonation system; Thai reading and writing ability; Thai vocabulary development and use; Thai grammar and syntax; the Thai context;
- Continuous assessment and end-of-semester examinations and essays in both Thai language and in students' disciplinary modules.

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.