BA Spanish and Theatre and Performance

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:

- Use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities (e.g. communicate the results of their work, present a structured and coherent simple argument in both written and spoken form and evaluate qualitative and/or quantitative data);
- Appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners through the use of a range of personal planning techniques; reflect on their progress and make appropriate adjustments to their working practices;
- Engage in meaningful discussion with peers and tutors within a virtual learning environment;
- Function in spoken and written Spanish at the B2 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR), being able to:
- understand the main ideas of complex texts on both concrete and abstract topics;
- interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible;
- produce clear, detailed texts on a wide range of subjects and in a variety of contexts;
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of one or more aspects of the literatures, cultures, linguistic contexts, history, politics, geography and social structures of Spanish speaking societies;
- Use basic generic and subject specific intellectual qualities in theatre and performance, being able to:
- communicate creative and theoretical work to a range of audiences using different modes of delivery; access, select and interpret basic theatre and performance research;
- critique and evaluate live performance;
- Evaluate the appropriateness of different approaches to problem solving in theatre and performance practice, theory and research; understand processes by which performance is created, realised and managed; contribute to the group processes involved in the creation of original work;
- Demonstrate an appreciation of different approaches to problem solving associated with the two disciplines;
- Being familiar with the concept of academic integrity, and having the ability to acknowledge sources in accordance with University of Leeds guidelines.

Transferable (key) skills

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

- Qualities, professionalism and transferable skills necessary for employment in Spanish and Theatre/Performance;
- Skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility;
- Research skills;
- Time-management, critical thinking and decision-making skills;
- Social and cultural sensitivity;
- Awareness of health and safety procedures; awareness of ethics.

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 ability to apply a range of aspects of Spanish and Theatre/Performacne to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- Work that critically reflects and draws on a wide variety of material from both disciplines;
- Demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to the discipline;
- The ability to evaluate and analyse critically received opinion.