BA English and History of Art

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Level Two, students should have provided evidence of being able to: -
- demonstrate familiarity with the main concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies;
- present a structured and coherent argument
- have sound knowledge of critical terminology
- have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations, including literature before 1800;
- have a sound knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;
- develop and deploy judiciously a range of critical skills; -
- develop and deploy judiciously a range of analytical skills;
- demonstrate a sound critical knowledge of the social, political cultural contexts of the English language as a medium for literature;
- demonstrate a command of English syntax, grammar and style via engagement with literary materials;
- demonstrate a developing engagement with the production of, and challenges to, the narratives of the history of art in order to understand the production and reception of art within a variety of social and cultural contexts;
- demonstrate the understanding of the interconnectedness and complexities inherent within a variety of art historical methodologies;
- deliver written work that demonstrates an ability to work clearly and competently with a range of ideas and concepts introduced by the study of philosophical frameworks for understanding art (aesthetics)

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to practise as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment
- skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility
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 the discipline;
- demonstrating the ability to construct an argument;
- demonstrating knowledge of two disciplines;
- demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of the discipline/profession 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 the discipline;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion.