BA English Literature and Theatre Studies

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Level 3, students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate a coherent and detailed command of the key concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies and Theatre Studies;

- use generic and subject-specific qualities, ie,
> present with fluency a structured and coherent argument
> have an advanced knowledge of critical terminology
> have an advanced knowledge of linguistic terminology;

- have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations, especially those prior to 1800;
- have a critical understanding of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read, especially those prior to 1800;
- analyse live theatre performances from an advanced critical perspective;
- have an advanced understanding of key issues in current professional theatre practice;
- have experience and understanding of current issues in the discipline of theatre studies;
- have command of the ways in which theatre theory and theatre practice may be interrelated and integrated;
- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of critical skills;
- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of analytical skills;
- demonstrate a critical knowledge of up to four particular and specific literary and language fields, facilitated either through the choice and pursuit of research-led option modules or via the planning and production of a dissertation;
- demonstrate experience of the practical exploration of significant matters via the medium of theatre, primarily through the creation of performance-based practical essay.

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 at graduate level entry;
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- 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 disciplines;
- the ability to construct an argument;
- the ability to carry out and present research;
- knowledge of English Literature, dramatic texts, 'performance texts' and theatre theory;
- the ability to work within a group towards performance-based presentations;
- the ability to be critical of scholarly work.