BA (Hons) Environmental Humanities with Study Abroad

1. Identify Environmental Humanities as a broad interdisciplinary field.
2. Demonstrate understanding of the distinctive character and terminology employed in Environmental Humanities disciplines.
3. Showcase an excellent critical and creative understanding of the use and significance of humanities-led research on issues of climate and environmental change.
4. Critically analyse recurring themes in Environmental Humanities such as nature, culture, history, narrative, justice, sustainability, extractivism, decolonialism, political ecology, Anthropocene.
5. Demonstrate knowledge of dominant theories, methods and debates informing the field of environmental humanities research.
6. Demonstrate critical understanding of the cultural, political and scientific production of environmental, cultural and social knowledge.
7. Demonstrate critical and creative insight on the textual and visual frameworks employed in the representation of climate and environmental change in and communicate their links with planetary social justice issues.

ILOs 1-6 will be developed through lectures, seminars, workshops, student study groups and field work. The degree of knowledge and competency in handling the themes and issues of environmental humanities study will increase over the course of the programme, culminating in the third year Dissertation module. Optional modules at second and third year most closely relate to staff research specialisms. Teaching methods vary according to each module. Some modules will be team-taught, others will be taught by individual staff. 

Your learning is further developed through engagement with assessments, following guidance from tutors and lecturers and through feedback on work submitted.

ILOs 1 – 7 are introduced in the Foundations of Environmental Humanities module and tested using collaborative and creative techniques on the fieldcourse module: Climate Emergency! Introduction to Environmental Humanities

The assessment of these skills is through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, policy writing, participation diaries, log-books, web-based assessments, creative portfolios, policy writing, essays, reports, research projects, and the final year dissertation.

8. Apply critical skills in the close, detailed analysis of textual and visual material.
9. Understand and engage critically with a variety of different disciplinary practices in their relationship to planetary environmental and social justice issues.
10. Critically evaluate various different forms of evidence in order to demonstrate understanding of audience, authorships, context (historical), production and intended audience.
11. Communicate effectively and coherently independent ideas and understanding of the role of interdisciplinary research to dealing with climate change and ecological change.
12. Command a broad range of critical terminology employed by different environmental humanities groups.
13. Work collaboratively in workshops and assignments that require creative and sensitive responses to problem solving.
14. Apply bibliographic skills appropriate to the Humanities disciplines, including accurate citation of sources and consistent use of conventions in the presentation of scholarly work.

ILOs 8-14 will be developed throughout the programme in all modules, in lectures, reading groups, workshops, fieldwork and seminars. They are further developed in independent study, written work, and oral work (both in presentation, seminar discussion and field work activities), and reinforced through the range of core and optional modules across all stages. Collaborative and creative work is specifically introduced in HUM1005 Climate Emergency! at level 1, and the level 2 residential fieldcourse.

The assessment of these skills is maintained throughout the second year programme, through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, log-books, creative portfolio work, policy writing, web-based assessments, essays, field work, field diaries and projects, as also group work.

15. Apply advanced literacy and communication skills in appropriate contexts including the ability to present sustained and persuasive written and oral arguments.
16. Analyse and critically examine diverse forms of primary and secondary material.
17. Assimilate complex information of diverse kinds, in a structured and systematic way, and involving the use of the distinctive interpretative skills of the subject areas.
18. Apply research skills for literary and historical material, and analyse, interpret and organise this material independently and critically, evaluating its usefulness.
19. Critically evaluate and deploy a variety of theoretical positions in environmental humanities studies, and weigh the importance of alternative perspectives in a critical and self-reflective manner.
20. Develop independent thought and judgment.
21. Collaborate with others in group work and activities, and work towards collective outcomes and solutions.
22. Plan and execute written and other forms of assessment
23. Work under time-constrained conditions and effectively manage deadlines.
24. Employ IT skills, including the ability to access and assess electronic material.
25. Develop ways of applying the critical methods of EH in other, alternative, perhaps external contexts including policy-writing.
26. Showcase persuasive communication skills, respond creatively to complex issues, utilize independent critical thinking and group working skills.

ILOs 15-26 will help foster personal and key transferable skills delivered through all modules, and developed in lectures, workshops, study groups, tutorials, work experience and other learning activities throughout the programme.

The assessment of these skills is maintained throughout the three year programme, through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, log-books, creative portfolio work, policy writing, web-based assessments, essays, field work and projects, group work and final year dissertation.