BA Classical Literature and English(For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

Year 3

(Award available for year: Bachelor of Arts)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Level Three, students should have provided evidence of being able to: -

- understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed command of the key concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which constitute English studies and Classical Civilisation, some of which will be informed by recent research/scholarship in the two disciplines;
- demonstrate a skilled knowledge of generic and subject-specific qualities, i.e.,
> present a structured and coherent argument
> have detailed knowledge of critical terminology
- deploy accurately standard techniques of analysis and enquiry within the two disciplines;
- demonstrate a conceptual understanding which enables the development and sustaining of an argument;
- describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship;
- appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the two disciplines;
- make appropriate use of scholarly literature and primary sources;
- apply their knowledge and understanding in order to initiate and carry out an extended piece of work or project;
- conform to professional boundaries and norms where applicable;
- have a sound knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;
- have experience of a considerable amount of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations, including substantial study of texts before and after 1800;
- have a critical and sophisticated command of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written both before and after 1800;
- have an advanced knowledge of how to apply concepts of the structure and history of English to the analysis of texts;
- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of critical skills;
- develop and deploy dynamically and self-consciously a range of analytical skills;
- demonstrate an advanced and critical knowledge of the social, political and cultural contexts of English as a medium for literature;
- demonstrate a command of the English language via an engagement with literary materials;
- demonstrate a critical knowledge of up to four particular and specific literary fields, facilitated either through the choice and pursuit of research-led option modules or via the planning and production of a dissertation.
- show a further enhanced knowledge of Greek and Latin literature: the aspect(s) involved will depend on choice of options
- undertake independent study into a chosen topic or topics in either of the partner subjects.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:

- the transferable/key/generic skills necessary for employment related to the area(s) studied;

- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;

- the deployment of decision-making skills in complex and unpredictable situations;

- the communication of information, ideas, problems and solutions in a variety of ways to a variety of audiences;

- the ability to undertake appropriate further training of a professional or equivalent nature.

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 of both disciplines;

- work that draws on a wide variety of material;

- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;

- evidence of an ability to conduct independent, in depth enquiry within the disciplines;

- work that is typically both evaluative and creative.