BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics

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:

- demonstrate in-depth grasp of specialist aspects of specialist topics in political theory, philosophy or economics;
- apply recognised theories/approaches/methodologies within the disciplines to complete an analysis within an extended research project;
- develop and complete an extended research project which analyses a particular areas;
- use theories and concepts to critically appraise specialist aspects of systems/processes of political economy;
- present structured and well-researched evaluation of specialist debates using tools from two of the three disciplines;
- generate and support one’s own interpretations of specialist debates within at least two of these disciplines.
- make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and sources;
- analyze complex texts and be sensitive to issues of interpretation;
- professionally employ standard techniques of data analysis.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- conduct independent research work within the discipline;
- ability to critically evaluate in-depth debates;
- ability to utilise a range of information sources towards producing appraisal and evaluation;
- ability to work in independent yet guided way.

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 may include:
- dissertation, oral assessment, written reports, assessed essays, examinations.

These will demonstrate the ability to:
- use the scholarly literature, analyse and evaluate arguments,show self-discipline and self-direction, conduct independent work.