BA English & Environment

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Year 1, students should have provided evidence of having:
- Acquired the basic interpretative skills needed to analyse both imaginative (literary) and informative (scientific) texts;
- Developed a preliminary understanding of the cultural and historical contexts from which these texts spring and of the ethical issues they instantiate;
- Acquired foundational knowledge of historical and contemporary environmental issues and debates, and a basic grasp of different environmental policies and practices.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- Skills necessary for effective communication (potentially applicable within a range of professions);
- Skills necessary for the exercise of personal responsibility in different contexts.

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:
- Application of general concepts, information and techniques relevant to English studies and environmental social science;
- Knowledge of more specific areas of both disciplines as well as the relationship between them.