BA English and History of Art

Year 1

(Award available for year: Certificate of Higher Educ)

Learning outcomes

On completion of Year One, students should have provided evidence of being able to:

- demonstrate an awareness of the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies;

- use basic generic and subject-specific qualities, i.e.;

- present a structured and coherent simple argument

- have some knowledge of critical terminology

- have experience of English literature from a range of literary periods and locations;

- have an awareness of the importance of the literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read;

- have a basic knowledge of the varieties of language and forms;

- develop critical skills; develop analytical skills;

- demonstrate an understanding of the histories of art and its objects and a recognition of the different ways in which such histories can be understood within a range of methodological and critical frameworks.

- produce written work which demonstrates an openness to art as a proliferation of different media (rather than just as sculpture, painting etc).

- demonstrate and awareness that the 'object' of art not only includes the physical entity but also as the construction of categories and concepts within which art is appraised, encountered and understood;

- demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of 'art' and 'artist' as constructed and contested depending on historical or cultural contexts.

Transferable (key) skills

The programme provides opportunities for students to practise and develop:

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

- the exercise of initiative and personal responsibility;

- analytical and critical thinking;

- 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 further training of a professional or equivalent nature where appropriate.

Assessment

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, 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.