BA Philosophy, Ethics and Religion

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:
- apply generic and subject specific intellectual qualities to standard situations outside the context in which they were originally studied;
- appreciate and employ the main methods of philosophical, theological and sociological enquiry presented and consolidated within the core modules and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
- find and evaluate relevant information through the use of libraries, IT and other appropriate sources;
- read texts from a variety of traditions and disciplines critically and with empathy and, where appropriate and desired, linguistic and text-critical skills;
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms, with accurate referencing and clarity of expression;
- recognise that statements should be tested, that evidence and arguments are subject to assessment, that the interpreter's role demands critical evaluation.

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; evaluation of different sorts of evidence and the construction of argument);
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility in a range of professional and personal situations (ie Learning to Learn, Self-management, Time-management, Self-sufficiency, interactions with others);
- decision making (selection of modules in line with existing and developing interests and needs, both academic and skills-related; selection of items of assessment; dissertation choice).

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 broad range of aspects/competencies of Philosophy and Theology & Religious Studies to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to Philosophy and Theology & Religious Studies;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;
- demonstrating the ability to read and use texts both critically and empathetically, while addressing such questions as genre, content, context, perspective, purpose, original and potential meaning, and the effect of translation if the text is not read in the original language.