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BA English Language and Literature(Part-time)

Year 6

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

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 English Studies;

- use generic and subject specific intellectual qualities ie
> present a structured and coherent argument;
> have knowledge of critical terminology;
> have knowledge of linguistic terminology;

- have experience of a large amount of English literature from a wide range of periods and places, including substantial study of periods before and after 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;
- develop and use critical skills.
- develop analytical skills and apply them to texts.

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 discipline;
- the ability to construct an argument;
- knowledge of English Language and Literature;
- the ability to be critical of scholarly work.

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