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

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 critical understanding of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read, 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 critical knowledge of up to two particular and specific literary fields, facilitated either through the choice and pursuit of research-led option modules or via the planning of a dissertation.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire key transferable skills as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
• qualities and transferable skills necessary for employment related to the subject area(s) studied;
• 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 English Literature; - demonstrating the ability to be critical of scholarly work.