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Year Abroad

Module description

This module will permit Humanities undergraduate students to study at one of our approved partner universities abroad. It significantly deepens the choice of third year optional subjects available to you by permitting you to take suitable approved modules in areas of study not available here. It gives you access to modules taught in a different learning culture, and so broadens your overall experience of learning. 

Module aims - intentions of the module

The aims of this module are to:

• Gain intercultural competence by immersing yourself in a foreign culture
• Experience life in a different academic system with the opportunity to attend courses to broaden your knowledge and understanding of your discipline
• Study alongside other international students and local students to help prepare for a global professional community
• Develop resilience by overcoming challenges and building key skills of independence, self-motivation and confidence. 
• Potentially practise a foreign language if you choose to study at an institution where English is not the medium of instruction.
• Focus on the impact of living and studying abroad reflecting on your experience in a written reflective Learning Log.

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

ILO: Module-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 1. Navigate, or demonstrate critical awareness of different approaches to the learning process between Exeter and the host University
• 2. Demonstrate module-specific skills specific to the modules taken at the host University at an appropriate level and scope for the number of credits taken

ILO: Discipline-specific skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 3. Demonstrate discipline-specific skills specific to the modules taken at the host University at an appropriate level and scope for the number of credits taken

ILO: Personal and key skills

On successfully completing the module you will be able to...

• 4. Demonstrate personal and key skills specific to the modules taken at the host University at an appropriate level and scope for the number of credits taken
• 5. Negotiate, or demonstrate an awareness of the complexities of living and working in a different culture
• 6. Overcome or identify and reflect on personal challenges and crises and to learn from their resolution

Syllabus plan

You will be required to submit applications for your selected universities and to ensure that all necessary paperwork is completed in due time, and to attend preparatory meetings prior to the period abroad. You will be provided with contact details for both the host institution and within the University of Exeter. You will be asked to maintain regular contact (at least termly) with the Study Abroad Team at Exeter, who will also approve your programme of study at the host institution.

You will be provided with appropriate guidance during your final term prior to the period abroad. Learning and teaching methods for the modules taken at the host university will be determined by that university, and may include a variety of assessment methods, including written and practical examinations.

In addition to assessments determined by the host university, you will be expected to undertake the formative assessments described below and a summative Learning Log assessment.

Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)

Details of learning activities and teaching methods

Summative assessment (% of credit)

Details of summative assessment

Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)

Re-assessment notes

Progression from stage 3 (Year Abroad) to Stage 4 will be conditional on passing the year aboard module.  Students who fail to complete the year abroad or who fail a re-assessment of the year abroad will be required to transfer to a BA without a year abroad.

Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.

Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.

Indicative learning resources - Basic reading

• As required by the host university.

Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources

• HUC3005 ELE page: https://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/view.php?id=7685 
• Humanities Study Abroad webpages: http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studyabroad/humanities/ 

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