BA Economics and Philosophy

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
a) Engage in independent philosophical analysis and construction of arguments;
b) Demonstrate a developed understanding of and critical engagement with a broad range of concepts, theories, arguments, topics/writers in contemporary theory and/or the history of philosophy;
c) Demonstrate the ability to specialise and so attain a more advanced understanding of, and critical engagement with, a narrower range of concepts, theories, arguments, topics or writers;
d) Engage in informed reflection on their own lives and place in the world;
e) Identify and reflect on the presuppositions of specific disciplines and practices, such as art, politics, the physical, life and social sciences, as part of more focused study;
f) Demonstrate an ability to critically evaluate a range of economic concepts, theories, ideas and analytical tools and the social and historical contexts of their development;
g) Show knowledge of the economic environment (including economic institutions, systems and phenomena) and understanding of changes in this environment;
h) Indicate an appreciation of the range of areas to which economics can and cannot be applied;
i) Critically evaluate economic, social and business issues;
j) Demonstrate the ability to apply and use understanding of economics to solve emerging theoretical and empirical problems.

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 (communication both written and verbal, problem solving, teamwork, ability to assess arguments, ability to construct and defend their own view, ability to work independently and to deadlines, and use of IT);
- Skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility (learning to learn, self-management, awareness of their own strengths and weaknesses, strategies to improve their skills).

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:
1. Demonstrating an advanced ability to apply the skills of argument analysis and philosophical methodology to their own philosophical view and that of others;
2. Demonstrating a developed understanding of, and critical engagement with, a range of concepts, theories, arguments, topics/writers in contemporary philosophical theory and/or the history of philosophy;
3. Demonstrating the ability to specialise and so attain a more advanced understanding of, and critical engagement with, a focused range of concepts, theories, arguments, topics or writers in philosophy;
4. Demonstrating the ability to reflect upon the implications of philosophy for their own lives and the world around them;
5. Demonstrating the ability for in-depth, independent research in Philosophy and/or Economics;
6. Demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects of economics, drawing on a wide variety of material.