BA Film Studies and Italian B

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

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

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 Italian and Film Studies;
- use generic and subject specific intellectual qualities, i.e.
- present a structured and coherent argument
- have knowledge of critical terminology relevant to Italian and film;
- being able to demonstrate an awareness of the variety of film genres and their workings;
- have an awareness of the importance of the cultural and socio-historical contexts in which film is produced and consumed;
- develop and use critical skills;
- develop analytical skills and apply them to texts.
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.
- achieve effective communication in Italian with native or other competent speakers
- demonstrate complex receptive and productive language skills in Italian and in a variety of contexts
- have consolidated and extended knowledge and understanding of complex structures of the Italian language
- demonstrate a knowledge of a variety of aspects of the literatures, cultures, history, social and economic structures of Italian-speaking countries

Transferable (key) skills

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

- qualities and transferable skills valuable for employment related to Italian and Film Studies, such as being able to gather and process information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources, being 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 and independent learning, including 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 disciplines;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating knowledge of the two disciplines;
- demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the disciplines
- work that draws on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the disciplines;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;