BA English and Film Studies(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: -

- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of print and visual media, including undertaking extended pieces of work or projects, demonstrating independent research skills, making appropriate use of primary sources and showing coherent and detailed knowledge of different aspects of English and film studies, recent research and scholarship in the fields, and demonstrating academic integrity;

- describe and comment on particular aspects of recent research and/or scholarship, appreciate the uncertainty, ambiguity and limitations of knowledge in the subjects and make appropriate use of scholarly reviews and primary sources;

- work autonomously within a structured environment;

- demonstrate coherent knowledge of English literature from a wide range of periods and places, including study of periods from medieval to the contemporary;

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

- demonstrate coherent knowledge of a wide range of world cinemas, film history and genres, and key critical and conceptual/theoretical approaches;

- have an understanding of the concepts related to cinematic authorship, genre and the role of new technologies in filmmaking;

- demonstrate cultural sensitivity and an awareness of and ability to engage with and respond to the ethical and global issues raised by the programme of study;

- demonstrate an ability to identify independently and critically engage with instances of cross-over between the two strands of English and Film Studies;

- undertake an extended autonomous research-based project, potentially linking the two disciplines by bringing knowledge and understanding gained in one discipline to bear in the other.

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 the discipline;

- 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 discipline;

- work that is typically both evaluative and creative.