Programme Specification for the 2020/1 academic year
BA (Hons) English
1. Programme Details
| Programme name | BA (Hons) English | Programme code | UFA3EGLEGLCB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study mode(s) | Full Time Part Time |
Academic year | 2020/1 |
| Campus(es) | Cornwall Campus |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
English at the Penryn Campus, Cornwall, offers a unique student experience, combining a friendly, small-group approach to teaching with top-flight research. Through a variety of approaches, both precise and imaginative, you will gain an understanding of the principal genres and range of literatures in English, as well as knowledge of their cultural and critical contexts. The campus offers a welcoming atmosphere where it’s easy to make new friends and where staff and students know each other well. With a smaller student intake, the emphasis is on innovative learning and teaching in a flexible and intimate atmosphere.
Advice and guidance on your programme can be sought from your personal tutor and programme director. All staff offer regular office hours that you can drop into without a prior appointment for this purpose.
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
The programme aims to introduce you to a stimulating range of topics and materials and to a variety of approaches. You will be helped to place and understand texts in their historical and cultural contexts and trained in critical and analytical skills through investigating texts in depth. The programme is designed to be cumulative in the sense that second and final stage modules are based on the assumption that certain stages of knowledge, skill and understanding have already been achieved in the first and second stages.
The programme is intended to:
- Offer you an excellent Honours-level education in English literature that explores the interdisciplinary potential of studying literary texts.
- Introduce you to a wide range of historical periods and literary genres and provide the skills necessary or analysing and critically thinking about literature.
- Produce graduates who have excellent transferable skills in the areas of written and oral communication, research ability, critical thinking, and independent time management.
- Give you the skills necessary for further study or employment after your degree.
4. Programme Structure
5. Programme Modules
The following tables describe the programme and constituent modules. Constituent modules may be updated, deleted or replaced as a consequence of the annual programme review of this programme.
http://intranet.exeter.ac.uk/humanities/studying/undergraduates/modules/
You may take optional modules as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
You may take elective modules up to 30 credits outside of the programme in any stage of the programme as long as any necessary prerequisites have been satisfied, where the timetable allows and if you have not already taken the module in question or an equivalent module.
Stage 1
60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUC1002 | The Craft of Writing | 15 | No |
| HUC1004 | Research Skills: From the Archive to Digital Humanities | 15 | No |
| TRU1113 | Literature and the History of Ideas | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGLP S1 BA Egl opt 2020-1 | |||
| TRU1908 | Shakespeare Revisited | 15 | No |
| TRU1910 | Approaches to Poetry | 15 | No |
| TRU1911 | Approaches to Fiction and Narrative | 15 | No |
| TRU1912 | Approaches to Drama and Performance | 15 | No |
Stage 2
60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRU2011A | From Modernism to the Contemporary | 15 | No |
| TRU2016 | Reason and Passion: Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century | 15 | No |
| TRU2018 | Romantics and Victorians: Literature in the Industrial Age | 15 | No |
| TRU2020 | Inventing the Early Modern: Literary Cultures, 1550-1700 | 15 | No |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGLP S2 BA Egl opt 2020-1 | |||
| HUC2001 | Humanities in the Workplace (Penryn) | 15 | No |
| HUC2004 | Literature and the Environment | 15 | No |
| HUC2009 | Romantic Reactions? | 15 | No |
| HUC2010 | Enlightenment and the Age of Reason | 15 | No |
| TRU2013 | Lost Worlds of the Long Nineteenth Century | 15 | No |
| TRU2904 | The Human Animal in Early Modern Literature | 15 | No |
| TRU2913 | Literature and Conflict, 1900-present | 15 | No |
| TRU2914 | Finding a Voice | 15 | No |
| HUC2011 | Liberty, Slavery, Tyranny: Literature and Politics in the Romantic Age | 15 | No |
Stage 3
30 credits of compulsory Dissertation, 90 credits of optional modules
a You must choose one of the two Dissertation modules, either TRU3032 or TRU3042.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGLP SF BA Egl Dissertation [See note a above] | |||
| TRU3032 | Dissertation | 30 | No |
| TRU3042 | Creative Writing Dissertation | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| EGLP SF BA Egl opt 2020-1 | |||
| HUC3007 | Witchcraft and Magic in Culture | 15 | No |
| HUC3012 | Sex, Scandal and Sensation in Victorian Literature | 30 | No |
| HUC3014 | Twenty-First Century Literature and the Global City | 15 | No |
| TRU3041 | Short Fiction | 30 | No |
| TRU3044 | Contemporary Literature | 30 | No |
| TRU3045 | Writing Ireland, 1800 to the present | 30 | No |
| TRU3046 | The Development of British Children's Literature | 30 | No |
| TRU3912 | Cinema and Desire, 1930 to the present | 15 | No |
| HUC3913 | The Air in Literature | 15 | No |
6. Programme Outcomes Linked to Teaching, Learning and Assessment Methods
Intended Learning Outcomes
A: Specialised Subject Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
1. Describe core subject areas in English Literature, with a specialised knowledge in certain areas. | ILOs 1-4 are developed in stages 1 and 2 of the programme through lectures and tutorials. Specialisation is developed in the final stage in small-group teaching. ILOs 5-6 are developed in final year coursework. | ILOs 1-4 are assessed by a combination of written examinations, continuous assessment essays, oral presentations and group project work. ILOs 5-6 are assessed by coursework. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
B: Academic Discipline Core Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
7. Answer questions concisely and persuasively both orally and in writing. | ILOs 7-8 form the backbone of all modules taken at all stages, but the level of complexity develops according to stage. ILOs 9-10 are developed throughout the programme in lectures, seminars and continuous assessment. | These skills are assessed through a combination of term-time essays and other assignments, oral presentations, project and dissertation work, and examinations. The criteria of assessment pay full recognition to the importance of the various skills outlined. |
Intended Learning Outcomes
C: Personal/Transferable/Employment Skills and Knowledge
| Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) On successfully completing this programme you will be able to: | Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) will be... | |
|---|---|---|
| ...accommodated and facilitated by the following learning and teaching activities (in/out of class): | ...and evidenced by the following assessment methods: | |
12. Think critically, creatively and independently. | ILOs 12-14 are developed through the processes of acquiring subject knowledge and core academic skills (see A and B above). ILO 15 is developed through group work in seminar work throughout the syllabus. ILO 16 is developed by student progression through a learning and teaching programme that is gradually more self-managed, the personal tutor and Personal Development Planning systems. Independent study forms a major part of our learning and teaching programme, most notably in the stage 2 project and the final stage dissertation. | ILOs 12-14 are assessed primarily through summative and formative essays and other assignments, assessed presentations, project work, and examinations. Students can also develop these skills in optional research projects/dissertations. |
7. Programme Regulations
Classification
Full details of assessment regulations for all taught programmes can be found in the TQA Manual, specifically in the Credit and Qualifications Framework, and the Assessment, Progression and Awarding: Taught Programmes Handbook. Additional information, including Generic Marking Criteria, can be found in the Learning and Teaching Support Handbook.
8. College Support for Students and Students' Learning
You will have an academic personal tutor for your entire programme of study who is available at advertised ‘office and feedback hours’. There are induction sessions to orientate you at the start of your programme. A personal tutoring system will operate with regular communication throughout the programme. Academic support will be also be provided by module leaders. You can also make an appointment to see individual teaching staff.
9. University Support for Students and Students' Learning
Please refer to the University Academic Policy and Standards guidelines regarding support for students and students learning.
10. Admissions Criteria
Undergraduate applicants must satisfy the Undergraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.
Postgraduate applicants must satisfy the Postgraduate Admissions Policy of the University of Exeter.
Specific requirements required to enrol on this programme are available at the respective Undergraduate or Postgraduate Study Site webpages.
11. Regulation of Assessment and Academic Standards
Each academic programme in the University is subject to an agreed College assessment and marking strategy, underpinned by institution-wide assessment procedures.
The security of assessment and academic standards is further supported through the appointment of External Examiners for each programme. External Examiners have access to draft papers, course work and examination scripts. They are required to attend the Board of Examiners and to provide an annual report. Annual External Examiner reports are monitored at both College and University level. Their responsibilities are described in the University's code of practice. See the University's TQA Manual for details.
(http://as.exeter.ac.uk/support/admin/staff/qualityassuranceandmonitoring/tqamanual/fullcontents/)
12. Indicators of Quality and Standards
The programme is not subject to accreditation and/ or review by professional and statutory regulatory bodies (PSRBs).
13. Methods for Evaluating and Improving Quality and Standards
The University and its constituent Colleges draw on a range of data to review the quality of educational provision. The College documents the performance in each of its taught programmes, against a range of criteria on an annual basis through the Annual Programme Monitoring cycle:
- Admissions, progression and completion data
- In Year Analysis data
- Previous monitoring report
- Monitoring of core (and optional) modules
- External examiner's reports and University and College responses (reported to SSLC)
- Any Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Body/accrediting body or other external reports
- Consultation with employers and former students
- Staff evaluation
- Student evaluation
- Programme aims
Subject areas are reviewed every four years through a periodic subject review scheme that includes external contributions. (http://admin.exeter.ac.uk/academic/tls/tqa/Part%209/9JREVISEDPSRSCHEME.pdf)
14. Awarding Institution
University of Exeter
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
College of Humanities (CHUM)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
0
18. Final Award
BA (Hons) English
19. UCAS Code
Q301
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
| CATS credits | ECTS credits |
|---|
22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
[Honours] English
23. Dates
| Origin Date | 05/11/2012 |
Date of last revision | 25/03/2020 |
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