BA Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

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:
- demonstrate a familiarity with the basic concepts, information, arguments and techniques which are standard features of Philosophy, Theology & Religious Studies and the interdisciplinary field of Philosophy of Religion;
- use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities in Philosophy and Theology & Religious Studies, ie
- assess arguments and detect irrelevance;
- construct and defend their own point of view;
- be able to communicate the results of their work orally to other students and members of staff in Theology & Religious Studies seminars and in Philosophy tutorials (following the training provided by Philosophy's proctorial system, which includes preparation of a product for communication to a tutor at a tutorial in the core modules) and in writing;
- discuss their point of view (orally and in writing) with other students and members of staff in Philosophy and Theology & Religious Studies in a reasoned fashion;
- present a structured and coherent simple argument in writing;
- demonstrate an ability to evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving associated with the Philosophical sub-disciplines of logic and ethics, the interdisciplinary fields of Philosophy of Religion and values, and Theology & Religious Studies;
- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners (from oral and written feedback received and from the basis provided by the Academic Skills module and the Philosophy proctorial system, which is structured so as to require active learning; prompting self-evaluation, planning and organisation of individual activity within the structure).

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 in a plural society related to the subject area(s) studied (ie Communication, Group Work, Problem Solving, IT);
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility (ie Learning to Learn, Self-management, Time-management, Self-sufficiency).

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 standard concepts, information and techniques relevant to Philosophy and Theology & Religious Studies;
- work that covers restricted areas of Philosophy and Theology & Religious Studies (particularly, logic, ethics, religion in society);
- demonstrating emerging abilities, skills and competencies.