BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the year, students will be able to:
Philosophy
1. Accurately explain a wider range of primary philosophical texts and demonstrate a more advanced critical response to interpretations of those texts.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of a wider range of philosophical areas of enquiry, concepts, theories and arguments and more detailed explanation of ideas and debates.
3. Demonstrate a more advanced ability to coherently develop, articulate and defend their own view on philosophical texts, arguments and ideas.
Politics
4. Demonstrate an in-depth understanding of one or more political system.
5. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of one or more particular field of political theory.
6. Use theories and concepts to critically appraise key aspects of political systems, approaches and processes.
Economics
7. Use intermediate microeconomic and macroeconomic analysis.
8. Use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of data and information.

Skills Learning Outcomes
1. Express yourself orally and in written form in a clear, concise, focused and structured manner (Academic and Work Ready skill)
2. Manage your time, prioritise tasks, organise academic and personal commitments effectively to meet deadlines (Academic and Work Ready Skill)
3. Work independently, and on own initiative (Academic and Work Ready skill)
4. Learn proactively and adopt effective learning strategies (Academic and Work Ready skill)
5. Be aware of your own strengths and development needs and seek/accept feedback (Academic and Work Ready skill)
6. Set and achieve goals (Work Ready skill)
7. Search for, interpret and evaluate appropriate and relevant information sources to help strengthen the quality of academic work and independent research (Academic, Work Ready and Enterprise skill)
8. Identify when, why and how to appropriately acknowledge someone else’s work and ideas (Academic and Work Ready skill)
9. Collaborate with others, value their ideas, and build positive relationships which then enables successful projects (Work Ready and Enterprise skill)
10. Take a logical approach to solving problems; resolving issues by tackling from different angles, using both analytical and creative skills. (Work Ready skill)
11. Understand, interpret, analyse and manipulate numerical data (Work Ready skill)

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules and will include essays, exams, reports, presentations and posters.
There will be a range of unassessed formative exercises on many modules, allowing students to make progress with the LOs and skills outside an assessment context. The listed transferable skills will be exercised across a combination of core and optional modules, and opportunities for explicit discussion and support will be made available by module leaders in office hours and in routine meetings with academic personal tutors.