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BA English and Film Studies

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the programme, students should have provided evidence of being able to:

-effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of print and visual media, including undertaking extended pieces of work or projects, demonstrating independent research skills, making appropriate use of primary sources and showing coherent and detailed knowledge of different aspects of English and film studies, recent research and scholarship in the fields, and demonstrating academic integrity
-describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship, appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the subjects and make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources
-work autonomously within a structured environment
-demonstrate coherent knowledge of English literature from a wide range of periods and places, including study of periods from Old English to the contemporary
-have an awareness of the importance of the cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read, and in which film is produced and consumed;
- demonstrate coherent knowledge of a wide range of world cinemas, film history and genres, and key critical and conceptual/theoretical approaches
- have an understanding of the concepts related to cinematic authorship, genre and the role of new technologies in filmmaking
- demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an awareness of and ability to engage with and respond to the ethical and global issues raised by the programme of study
-demonstrate an ability to identify independently and critically engage with instances of cross-over between the two strands of English and Film Studies
-undertake an extended autonomous research-based project, potentially linking the two disciplines by bringing knowledge and understanding gained in one discipline to bear in the other.

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 related to English and Film Studies, e.g. being able to gather and critically evaluate information from a variety of paper, audio-visual and electronic sources and being able to use IT effectively both as a means of communication and as an aid to learning
- skills necessary for the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions
- skills necessary for the exercising of independent judgement, personal responsibility and 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 English and Film Studies;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.
- demonstrating a broad knowledge base within the two disciplines
- work that draws on a wide variety of material and is typically both evaluative and creative
- the ability to critically evaluate received opinion;
- demonstrating evidence of the ability to conduct independent, in-depth enquiry within the two disciplines

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