BA History 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:

1. Demonstrate familiarity with /awareness of:
- how people have existed, acted and thought in a range of societies and cultures (hbp #12.1 and 17);
- techniques for close work on sources, both primary and secondary, acquired through dedicated skills and documentary modules (hbp #18).

2. Use basic generic and subject specific intellectual approaches, including
- Critical and empathetic reading and use of texts or other source materials (hbp 12.2)
- Appreciation of the complexity and diversity of past cultures (hbp 12.3)
- Appreciation of the problematic nature of historical interpretation and evidence (hbp 12.4)
- Critical evaluation of historical evidence (hbp 12.5)
- Intellectual independence (hbp 12.6).
- Marshalling and communicating of argument, both oral and written (hbp 12.7)

3. Demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness some of the different approaches to history (eg. social history, economic history, political history, cultural history, landscape history etc.) (hbp # 20)

4. Reflect upon their strengths and weaknesses as learners in the disciplinary context through individual and group work.

5. Demonstrate a basic awareness of the nature of history as an academic discipline and the problematic nature of historical knowledge. (hbp #19)

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:

1. Qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment, such as independence of mind, initiative, teamwork, locating and handling information, analytical ability, problem-solving, oral and written communication, intellectual integrity, empathy (hbp #14)
2. Skills necessary for exercising of personal responsibility, including self-discipline and self-direction, peer and self-appraisal (hbp #14)

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 require students to:

1. Demonstrate the knowledge and application of standard historical concepts, information and techniques through:
- Bibliographic searching and presentation skills
- Book / article reviews
- Essay writing
- Formative assessment of oral presentations
- Examinations