Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Group(s) English Subject Benchmark Programme Structure LEVEL 3 of BA Hons English with Foundation SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 HUM001 Stories that Changed the World – 30 credits HUM003 Writing the Now: Literature, History and Visual Culture – 30 credits HUM002 Imagining the Past – Voyages into Time, Space & Experience – 30 credits HUM004 Independent Project – 30 credits LEVEL 4 of BA Hons English with Foundation Semester 1 Semester 2 ENGL406 Gods, Monsters, Heroes: Myths and Legends in Literature 20 cr ENGL403 Writing the Modern World, 20 cr ENGL401 The Craft of Writing 20 cr ENGL404 Critical Theory: 20 cr ENGL402 Writing the Modern World, 20 cr ENGL407 Rewritings: Contemporary literature and its histories 20 cr
Development of Knowledge and Understanding The student a detailed and sophisticated grasp of how texts relate to their historical and publishing contexts and can begin to negotiate with confidence debates, controversy and contradictions; an ability to analyse and critically appraise and evaluate primary literary texts, secondary texts and theoretical texts; an advanced awareness of a range of contexts (historical, political, cultural and philosophical) and how they operate to produce literary and other texts; an ability to use theoretical perspectives in to interrogate literary texts; an in-depth understanding of a specialist area foster an ability to criticise and evaluate different approaches to the critical study of literary texts and to develop an understanding of broader cultural, social, political and philosophical implications of literary texts and the scholarly criticism of those texts; cultivate an appreciation of how to read texts in different historical contexts; QAA benchmark describes Honours level (QAA, 2007, ii) ENGL406 ENGL401 ENGL402 ENGL403 ENGL404 ENGL407
Cognitive / Intellectual Skills The student to synthesise and critically evaluate information and present it in the form of a clear and coherent argument in a variety of forms discriminate between and evaluate divergent opinions challenge critical opinion and clearly articulate own position in relation to it knowledge gained in one area of the syllabus to other areas without prompting or guidance achieve a project through creative deployment of conceptual and critical skills foster an ability to criticise and evaluate different approaches to the critical of literary texts and to develop an understanding of broader cultural, social, political and philosophical implications of literary texts and the scholarly criticism of those texts; cultivate an appreciation of how to read texts in different historical contexts; ENGL40X ENGL401 ENGL402 ENGL403 ENGL404 ENGL40X
through creative practice, and to foster the ability to reflect on creative practice Key and transferable skills The student manage their own learning using appropriate resources with minimum guidance deploy knowledge and skills in English in a range of different and unfamiliar contexts to solve conceptual and practical problems seek and make use of feedback and demonstrate good skills communicate effectively within a and in range of contexts, academic and professional foster critical and evaluation, independent learning and working as member of a team through appropriate learning experiences ENGL40X ENGL401 ENGL402 ENGL403 ENGL404 ENGL40X
Employment related skills assume personal responsibility for their professional and workplace behaviours, and conduct themselves appropriately evaluate their own strengths and weakness, confidently challenge received opinion and develop own criteria and judgment select and manage information, competently undertaking independent projects with minimum guidance develop transferable research skills (i.e. the ability to source, analyse, synthesize and evaluate relevant material and present it in the form of an argument), and to promote the ability to communicate an argument in a variety of forms (e.g. essay writing, oral and visual presentation); ENGL40X ENGL401 ENGL402 ENGL403 ENGL404 ENGL40X
Practical skills deploy information technology skills broadly understood and the ability to access, work and evaluate electronic resources (such as hypertexts, e-publishing, blogs and wikis) exercise time management and organization skills as shown by the ability to plan and present conclusions effectively communicate effectively in oral and written develop transferable research skills (i.e. the ability to source, analyse, synthesize and evaluate relevant material and present it in the form of an argument), and to promote the ability to communicate an argument in a variety of forms (e.g. essay writing, oral and visual presentation) ENGL40X ENGL401 ENGL402 ENGL403 ENGL404 ENGL40X (Intermediate level)
Cognitive / Intellectual Skills The student to synthesise and critically evaluate information and present it in the form of a clear and coherent argument in a variety of forms discriminate between and evaluate divergent opinions challenge critical opinion and clearly articulate their own position in relation to it apply knowledge gained in one area of the syllabus to other areas without prompting or guidance achieve a project through creative deployment of conceptual and critical skills foster an ability to criticise and evaluate different approaches to the critical study of literary texts and to develop an understanding of broader cultural, social, political and philosophical implications of literary texts and the scholarly criticism of those texts; cultivate an appreciation of how to read texts in different historical contexts; develop an understanding of literary modes and literary genres, and to generate an appropriate disciplinary critical vocabulary; Core ENGL501 ENGL506 Options ENGL502 ENGL503 ENGL504 ENGL505 ENGL509 ENGL510 ENGL511 ENGl512 ENGL519 ENGL50X
Employment related skills The student can: assume personal responsibility for their professional and workplace behaviours, and conduct themselves appropriately evaluate own strengths and weakness, confidently challenge received opinion and develop own criteria and judgment select and manage information, competently undertaking independent projects with minimum guidance develop transferable research skills (i.e. the ability to source, analyse, synthesize and evaluate relevant material and present it in the form of an argument), and to promote the ability to communicate an argument in a variety of forms (e.g. essay writing, oral and visual presentation); Capacity to and transfer the critical methods of the discipline to a variety of working environments (p.5) Research skills, including the ability to gather, sift and organize material independently and critically, and evaluate its significance CORE ENGL601 ENGL602 ENGL603 Options ENGL605 ENGL606 ENGL607 ENGL608 ENGL609 ENGL610 ENGL611 ENGL613 ENGL615
Knowledge/ Understanding The student a detailed and sophisticated grasp of how texts relate to their historical and publishing contexts and can begin to negotiate with confidence debates, controversy and contradictions; an ability to analyse and critically appraise and evaluate primary literary texts, secondary texts and theoretical texts; an advanced awareness of a range of contexts (historical, political, cultural and philosophical) and how they operate to produce literary and other texts; an ability to use theoretical perspectives in order to interrogate literary texts; an in-depth understanding of a specialist area foster an ability to criticise and evaluate different approaches to the critical study of literary texts and to develop an understanding of broader cultural, social, political and philosophical implications of literary texts and the scholarly criticism of those texts; cultivate an appreciation of how to read in different historical contexts; develop an understanding of literary modes and literary genres, and to generate an appropriate ‘ capacity to analyse and critically examine diverse forms of discourse’ (p. 5) ‘awareness of the range and variety of approaches to literary study, which may include creative practice, performance, and extensive specialisation in critical and/or linguistic theory’ (p. 4) CORE ENGL601 ENGL602 ENGL603 Options ENGL605 ENGL606 ENGL607 ENGL608 ENGL609 ENGL610 ENGL611 ENGL613 ENGL615
Cognitive / Intellectual Skills The student to synthesise and critically evaluate information and present it in the form of a clear and coherent argument in a variety of forms discriminate between and evaluate divergent opinions challenge critical opinion and clearly articulate own position in relation to it apply knowledge gained in one area of the syllabus to other areas without prompting or guidance achieve a project through creative deployment of conceptual and critical skills foster an ability to criticise and evaluate different approaches to the critical study of literary texts and to develop an understanding of broader cultural, social, political and philosophical implications of literary texts and the scholarly criticism of those texts; cultivate an appreciation of how to read texts in different historical contexts; develop an understanding of literary and literary genres, and to generate an demonstrate confident analytic skills together with powers of textual analysis and fluent critical argument’ (p. 8) ‘breadth and of subject knowledge (including relevant contextual knowledge) and the demonstration of powers of textual analysis’ (p. 7) CORE ENGL601 ENGL602 ENGL603 Options ENGL605 ENGL606 ENGL607 ENGL608 ENGL609 ENGL610 ENGL611 ENGL613 ENGL615
appropriate disciplinary critical vocabulary; transferable research skills (i.e. the ability to source, analyse, synthesize and evaluate relevant material and present it in the form of an argument), and to promote the ability to communicate an argument in a variety of forms (e.g. essay writing, oral and visual presentation); foster critical and evaluation, independent learning and working as member of a team through appropriate learning experiences; ‘research skills, including the ability to gather, sift and organise material independently and critically, and evaluate its significance’ (p. 5) ‘ability to acquire substantial quantities of complex information of diverse in a structured and systematic way involving the use of the distinctive interpretative
Practical skills The student deploy information technology skills broadly understood and the ability to access, work and evaluate electronic resources (such as hypertexts, e-publishing, blogs and wikis) exercise time management and organization skills as by the ability to plan and present conclusions effectively communicate effectively in oral and written forms develop transferable research skills (i.e. the ability to source, analyse, synthesize and evaluate relevant material and present it in the form of an argument), and to promote the ability to communicate an argument in a variety of forms (e.g. essay writing, oral and visual presentation); foster critical and evaluation, independent learning and working as member of a team through appropriate learning experiences; able to conduct research through tasks and questions, supported by the gathering of relevant information and materials and organised lines of enquiry resulting in a piece or pieces of work of sustained imaginative and/or argumentative and analytic power’ (p. 9) CORE ENGL601 ENGL602 ENGL603 Options ENGL605 ENGL606 ENGL607 ENGL608 ENGL609 ENGL610 ENGL611 ENGL613 ENGL615
Key and transferable skills The student manage their own learning using appropriate resources with minimum guidance deploy knowledge and skills in English in a range of different and unfamiliar contexts to solve conceptual and practical problems seek and make use of feedback and demonstrate good skills communicate effectively within a group and in range of contexts, academic and professional develop transferable research skills (i.e. the ability to source, analyse, synthesize and evaluate relevant material and present it in the form of an argument), and to promote the ability to communicate an argument in a variety of (e.g. essay writing, oral and visual presentation) foster critical and evaluation, independent learning and working as member of a team through appropriate learning experiences ‘research skills, including the ability to gather, sift and organise material independently and critically, and evaluate its significance’ (p. 5) ‘able to demonstrate confident analytic skills together with powers of textual analysis and fluent critical argument. They will have developed an CORE ENGL601 ENGL602 ENGL603 Options ENGL605 ENGL606 ENGL607 ENGL608 ENGL609 ENGL610 ENGL611 ENGL613 ENGL615