BA English and Italian A

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

In addition to the outcomes achieved in Year 1, on completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a familiarity with the main concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of two disciplines;
- use generic and subject specific intellectual qualities, i.e.
present a structured and coherent argument
have knowledge of critical terminology;
have knowledge of linguistic terminology (if language modules are selected).
- have experience of English literature from a range of periods and places, including study of periods before 1800;
- have an awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts inwhich literature is written and read;
- have a basic knowledge of the structure of English, and how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to analysis of texts (if language modules are selected) ;
- develop and use critical skills;
- develop analytical skills and apply them to texts.
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.
In addition to the outcomes achieved in Year 1, on completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a familiarity with the main concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of two disciplines;
- use generic and subject specific intellectual qualities, i.e.
present a structured and coherent argument
have knowledge of critical terminology;
have knowledge of linguistic terminology (if language modules are selected).
- have experience of English literature from a range of periods and places, including study of periods before 1800;
- have an awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts inwhich literature is written and read;
- have a basic knowledge of the structure of English, and how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to analysis of texts (if language modules are selected) ;
- develop and use critical skills;
- develop analytical skills and apply them to texts.
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of:
- being able to achieve effective communication in Italian with native or other competent speakers;
- being able to communicate effectively information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms;
- having consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures of Italian;
- being able to demonstrate complex receptive and productive language skills in a variety of contexts;
- 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 Italian society.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to practise as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility
- decision making

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills related to the subject area(s) studied, valuable for employment, eg. be able to gather and analyse 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;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- the ability to appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners;
- decision making.

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:
- demonstrating the knowledge and application of concepts, information and techniques relevant to the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating knowledge of two disciplines;
- demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.

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 a broad range of concepts, information and techniques relevant to the area of study;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;
- the ability to evaluate critical opinions.