Programme Specification for the 2025/6 academic year
BA (Hons) English and Global Cultural Studies
1. Programme Details
| Programme name | BA (Hons) English and Global Cultural Studies | Programme code | UFA3EGLMLX02 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Study mode(s) | Part Time Full Time |
Academic year | 2025/6 |
| Campus(es) | Streatham (Exeter) |
NQF Level of the Final Award | 6 (Honours) |
2. Description of the Programme
The BA (Hons) English and Global Cultural Studies programme is an exit route only and not available for direct application. Transfer to this programme is subject to agreement from the Director of Education and Student Experience for Languages, Cultures and Visual Studies.
You can switch to Global Cultural Studies after completing one or two years of the Modern Languages course. If you switch into the programme for second year, you will take only optional cultural modules from across LCVS (no core language modules) in second year. If you pass 60 credits of language modules over years 1 and 2 and then switch to Global Cultural Studies for your third year, this will be recognised in your degree title (see Programme Specific Award Rules).
3. Educational Aims of the Programme
Please see the programme specifications for BA English and Modern Languages for full details. The difference between programmes is that you do not take core language modules once you change to BA English and Global Cultural Studies (3 year) and so do not develop your language skills to the same extent.
4. Programme Structure
The BA (Hons) English and Global Cultural Studies is a three-year full-time programme of study at Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) level 6 (as confirmed against the FHEQ). This programme is divided into three stages. Each stage is normally equivalent to an academic year. The programme may also be taken part-time in up to six years.
You begin on BA English and Modern Languages and change to BA Global Cultural Studies in the following cases:
You fail your core language at first or second year.
You are studying a beginners language and you do not do a year abroad, so transfer at the end of second year.
You decide you no longer want to study any core language modules after first or second year.
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.
English modules https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/studyinformation/modules/?prog=english
Modern Languages modules https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/studyinformation/modules/?prog=mod-lang
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 are expected to balance your credits in each stage of the programme, taking 60 credits from English, and 60 credits from Modern Languages and Cultures. You may switch to Global Cultural Studies after studying one or two years of BA Modern Languages. When you switch to Global Cultural Studies, you will no longer take core language modules, and instead take 60 credits of options per year.
Stage 1
60 credits of compulsory modules, 60 credits of optional modules
Follow the guidelines for BA English and Modern Languages. The only difference between programmes is that language modules are condonable, so if you fail a core language at first year, you can move onto the BA English and Global Cultural Studies (3 year) as an exit programme.
Compulsory Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAS1035 | Beginnings: English Literature before 1800 | 30 | No |
| Modern Languages Stage 1 Compulsory Language Modules | |||
| MLF1001 | French Language | 30 | No |
| MLF1052 | French Language for Beginners | 30 | No |
| MLG1001 | German Language | 30 | No |
| MLG1052 | German Language for Beginners | 30 | No |
| MLI1001 | Italian Language | 30 | No |
| MLI1052 | Italian Language for Beginners | 30 | No |
| MLM1052 | Beginners Chinese | 30 | No |
| MLP1052 | Portuguese Language for Beginners | 30 | No |
| MLR1001 | Contemporary Russian Written and Oral | 30 | No |
| MLR1030 | Russian Language for Beginners | 30 | No |
| MLS1001 | Spanish Language | 30 | No |
| MLS1056 | Spanish Language for Beginners | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Stage 1 CH Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| EAS1016 | Digital Cultures: Narrative, Creativity, Industry | 15 | No |
| EAS1037 | The Novel | 15 | No |
| EAS1038 | The Poem | 15 | No |
| EAS1041 | Rethinking Shakespeare | 15 | No |
| EAS1044 | Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing | 15 | No |
| Chinese Stage 1 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| PHL1010 | Introduction to Asian Philosophy | 15 | No |
| MLM1014 | Chinese Art and the Art of Living | 15 | No |
| SML1208 | Language, Culture, International Relations | 15 | No |
| French Stage 1 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLF1017 | The Making of Modern France | 15 | No |
| MLF1018 | The Devil is in the Detail: An Introduction to the Short Story in French | 15 | No |
| SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
| MLF1103 | The French Language, Present and Past | 15 | No |
| MLF1105 | An Introduction to French Thought | 15 | No |
| MLF1121 | French Visual History | 15 | No |
| SML1208 | Language, Culture, International Relations | 15 | No |
| German Stage 1 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLG1020 | Made in Germany: the History and Culture of a Global Brand | 15 | No |
| SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
| MLG1014 | A Nation Remembers: Issues in German Cultural Memory | 15 | No |
| SML1208 | Language, Culture, International Relations | 15 | No |
| Italian Stage 1 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
| MLI1016 | Italy Inside Out: Popular Visual Narratives about Italy | 15 | No |
| MLI1121 | A Thousand Faces: Cultures and History in 19th-Century Italy | 15 | No |
| SML1208 | Language, Culture, International Relations | 15 | No |
| Portuguese Stage 1 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLP1002 | Introduction to the Lusophone World | 15 | No |
| SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
| SML1208 | Language, Culture, International Relations | 15 | No |
| Russian Stage 1 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLR1006 | An Emotional Experience: Russian Literature and the Expression of Feeling | 15 | No |
| SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
| MLR1023 | Russia: Empire and Identity | 15 | No |
| SML1208 | Language, Culture, International Relations | 15 | No |
| Spanish Stage 1 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLS1064 | An Introduction to the Hispanic World: Texts in Context | 15 | No |
| MLS1068 | An Introduction to the Literature and Film of Spain | 15 | No |
| SML1207 | Introduction to Film | 15 | No |
| MLS1066 | The Making of Modern Latin America: History Through Literature and Culture | 15 | No |
| MLS1164 | A Journey of Discovery: Hispanic Global Culture | 15 | No |
Stage 2
120 credits of optional modules
If you move into BA English and Global Cultural Studies for your second year, please follow the pattern below. Otherwise, please see BA English and Modern Languages. On BA English and Global Cultural Studies language modules are condonable, so if you fail a core language at second year, you can move onto the BA English and Global Cultural Studies as an exit programme.
60 credits of English modules, and 60 credits of Modern Languages and Cultures modules.
Optional Modules
select 60 credits from this list of optional English modules. English modules in stage 2 are divided into three groups: Group 1, modules concerned with pre-1750 literature; Group 2, modules concerned with post-1750 literature; Group 3, modules not concerned with a particular historical period. Combined Honours students may not take more than one module from each group.
select 60 credits of optional modules from Modern Languages and Cultures; these can be from across the department, including SML and HUM options.
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Stage 2 Pre-1750 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| EAS2026 | Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640 | 30 | No |
| EAS2036 | Theatrical Cultures in Early Modern England | 30 | No |
| EAS2071 | Chaucer and His Contemporaries | 30 | No |
| EAS2080 | Renaissance and Revolution | 30 | No |
| EAS2102 | Satire and the City: English Literature 1660-1750 | 30 | No |
| English Stage 2 Post-1750 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| EAF2510 | Adaptation: Text, Image, Culture | 30 | No |
| EAS2029 | Revolutions and Evolutions 19C Writings | 30 | No |
| EAS2103 | Modernism and Modernity: Literature 1900-1960 | 30 | No |
| EAS2106 | Romanticism | 30 | No |
| EAS2116 | Empire of Liberty: American Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century | 30 | No |
| English Stage 2 Neutral Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| AHV2018 | Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres | 30 | No |
| EAS2031 | Creative Writing: Building a Story | 30 | No |
| EAS2032 | Creative Writing: Making a Poem | 30 | No |
| EAS2089 | Creative Industries: Their Past, Our Future | 30 | No |
| EAS2090 | Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory | 30 | No |
| EAS2113 | Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World | 30 | No |
| Modern Languages Stage 2 Compulsory Language Modules | |||
| MLF2001 | French Language, Written and Oral | 30 | No |
| MLF2152 | Intermediate French | 30 | No |
| MLG2001 | German Language, Written and Oral | 30 | No |
| MLG2052 | Intermediate German | 30 | No |
| MLI2001 | Italian Language, Written and Oral | 30 | No |
| MLI2051 | Italian Language | 30 | No |
| MLM2052 | Intermediate Chinese (One) | 30 | No |
| MLP2052 | Intermediate Portuguese | 30 | No |
| MLR2001 | Contemporary Russian Written and Oral I | 30 | No |
| MLR2030 | Intermediate Russian | 30 | No |
| MLS2001 | Spanish Language, Written and Oral | 30 | No |
| MLS2156 | Spanish Language (ex-beginners) | 30 | No |
| Chinese Stage 2 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLM2003 | Chinoiserie and Europeenerie: Artistic and cultural exchanges between China and Europe | 15 | No |
| MLM2008 | Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature | 15 | No |
| SML2003 | Research Skills in Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
| SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
| SML2247 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
| French Stage 2 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLF2005 | Classical myth in French and francophone cinema | 15 | No |
| MLF2012 | Evolution of the French Language | 15 | No |
| MLF2056 | Provoking Thoughts - French Literature and Philosophy from the Renaissance to the 20th Century | 15 | No |
| AHV2012 | Revolutions: Art and Society in France, 1770-1848 | 30 | No |
| MLF2006 | French-language Road Movies: Space, Place and Identity | 15 | No |
| MLF2070 | Violence and Virtue: Early Modern French Theatre | 15 | No |
| MLF2076 | Subversive Texts: Baudelaire and Rachilde | 15 | No |
| SML2003 | Research Skills in Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
| SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
| SML2247 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
| German Stage 2 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLG2003 | Youth and Age: Generations in German Fiction and Film | 15 | No |
| MLG2018 | Berlin - Culture, History and Politics | 15 | No |
| SML2003 | Research Skills in Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
| SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
| SML2247 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
| Italian Stage 2 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLI2004 | From Page to Screen: The Italian Female Detective in Literature, Film and Television | 15 | No |
| MLI2019 | Italian(s) in the World | 15 | No |
| SML2003 | Research Skills in Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
| SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
| SML2247 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
| Portuguese Stage 2 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| SML2004 | Contemporary Latin American Cinema | 15 | No |
| SML2003 | Research Skills in Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
| SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
| SML2247 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
| Russian Stage 2 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLR2026 | The Deceptive City: the Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature | 15 | No |
| MLR2021 | Understanding Russia | 15 | No |
| MLR2025 | Imperfect Murder: Reading Crime and Punishment | 15 | No |
| SML2003 | Research Skills in Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
| SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
| SML2247 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
| Spanish Stage 2 Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLS2044 | How to be a Knight: Political Lessons from 14th-Century Spain | 15 | No |
| MLS2070 | Catalonia Is Not Spain? Modern Catalan Culture in Context | 15 | No |
| MLS2073 | Literary Non-Fiction in Argentina: When Writing Meets the Real | 15 | No |
| SML2004 | Contemporary Latin American Cinema | 15 | No |
| MLS2045 | Federico Garcia Lorca: Theatre and Poetry | 15 | No |
| MLS2061 | The Latin American Short Story | 15 | No |
| MLS2160 | Fiction in Post-War Spain: Voices of Conformity and Subversion | 15 | No |
| SML2003 | Research Skills in Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML2244 | Multilingualism in Society | 15 | No |
| SML2246 | Intercultural Communication | 15 | No |
| SML2247 | Tales of Freedom, Necessity and Providence | 15 | No |
Stage 3
30 credits of compulsory modules, 90 credits of optional modules
30 credits of compulsory English dissertation, 30 credits of English optional modules, and 60 credits of optional modules from across Modern Language and Cultures.
Compulsory Modules
select either EAS3003 or EAS3122 (you can only select one of these modules).
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAS3003 | Dissertation | 30 | No |
| EAS3122 | Creative Writing Dissertation | 30 | No |
Optional Modules
select 30 credits from this list of optional English modules.
select 60 credits of optional modules from Modern Languages and Cultures; these can be from across the department, including SML and HUM options. You may not, however, select SML3015 or SML3030.
| Code | Module | Credits | Non-condonable? |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| EAS3100 | Hardy and Women Who Did: the Coming of Modernity | 30 | No |
| EAS3128 | Writing the Short Film | 30 | No |
| EAS3131 | Advanced Critical Theory | 30 | No |
| EAS3152 | Heroes and Exiles: English Poetry of the Age of Beowulf | 30 | No |
| EAS3167 | James Joyce's Ulysses | 30 | No |
| EAS3191 | Writing for Children and Young Adults | 30 | No |
| EAS3194 | Resource Fictions: Oil, Water and Conflict in the World-System | 30 | No |
| EAS3219 | Virginia Woolf: Fiction, Feeling, Form | 30 | No |
| EAS3225 | 'Reader, I Married Him': The Evolution of Romance Fiction from 1740 to the Present | 30 | No |
| EAS3228 | Romance from Chaucer to Shakespeare | 30 | No |
| EAS3241 | Harlem and After: African American Literature 1925-present | 30 | No |
| EAS3254 | American Literature in Magazines, 1945 to present | 30 | No |
| EAS3255 | Food, Environment, and Literature in Early Modern England | 30 | No |
| EAS3256 | The Poetry of Place | 30 | No |
| EAS3311 | Piracy in Early Modern Literature, 1570-1730 | 30 | No |
| EAS3408 | Poetry and Politics | 30 | No |
| EAS3409 | Ghosts, Witches and Demons: the Renaissance Supernatural | 30 | No |
| EAS3414 | Jane Austen: In and Out of Context | 30 | No |
| EAS3415 | The Development of British Children's Literature | 30 | No |
| EAS3417 | Sex, Scandal and Sensation in Victorian Literature | 30 | No |
| EAS3421 | Picturing the Global City: Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century | 30 | No |
| EAS3500 | American Counterculture in Literature | 30 | No |
| EAS3501 | Fiction Matters | 30 | No |
| EAS3502 | Shakespeare and Crisis | 30 | No |
| EAS3507 | Writing Song Lyrics | 30 | No |
| EAS3509 | From Pen to Printed Page: Exeter's Literary Archives | 30 | No |
| Chinese Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLM3009 | China through the Lens: Cultural Translation and Self-Presentation | 15 | No |
| SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
| SML3052 | The Place of Meaning: Gardens in Europe and Asia | 15 | No |
| SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
| MLM3008 | Introduction to Modern Chinese Literature | 15 | No |
| SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
| SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
| SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
| French Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
| MLF3006 | The Invention of Modern Love | 15 | No |
| MLF3007 | Multilingualism, Audiovisual Translation and Power in Cinema-monde | 15 | No |
| MLF3075 | First-Person Outsiders in Modern French Literature | 15 | No |
| MLF3079 | Sex, Subversion and Censorship: Libertine Literature in Seventeenth-Century France | 15 | No |
| SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
| SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
| MLF3078 | Philosophers, Prophets and Mystics in French Culture | 15 | No |
| MLF3080 | Les Miserables from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day | 15 | No |
| SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
| SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
| SML3044 | Migration in World Cinema | 15 | No |
| German Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLG3037 | Coping with Catastrophe: German Culture, Literature and Politics in the Interwar Years | 15 | No |
| SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
| SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
| MLG3036 | Dictatorships on Display: History Exhibitions in Germany and Austria | 15 | No |
| SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
| SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
| SML3044 | Migration in World Cinema | 15 | No |
| SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
| Italian Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| AHV3002 | Understanding Space in Renaissance Italy | 15 | No |
| SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
| SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
| MLI3033 | Multicultural Italy | 15 | No |
| SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
| SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
| SML3044 | Migration in World Cinema | 15 | No |
| SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
| Portuguese Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
| SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
| SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
| SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
| SML3044 | Migration in World Cinema | 15 | No |
| SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
| Russian Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLR3026 | The Deceptive City: The Creation of St Petersburg in Russian Literature | 15 | No |
| SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
| SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
| MLR3121 | Understanding Russia | 15 | No |
| MLR3125 | Imperfect Murder: Reading Crime and Punishment | 15 | No |
| SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
| SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
| SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | No |
| Spanish Final Stage Option Modules 2025-6 | |||
| MLS3071 | The Chilean Road to Socialism (1970-1973): What Happened and Why? Elements for a Debate | 15 | No |
| MLS3037 | Women and Feminism in 20th Century Spain | 15 | No |
| MLS3057 | Cross Currents: Memory, Myth and Modernity in Latin America | 15 | No |
| MLS3112 | Spanish Modernists: Narratives of Identity, Gender and Nation | 15 | No |
| SML3009 | Intercultural Communication in a Global World | 15 | No |
| SML3015 | Dissertation | 15 | No |
| MLS3072 | Unlawful Sex: Sexualities on Trial in Medieval Spain | 15 | No |
| MLS3114 | Sustainability in the Hispanic World | 15 | No |
| SML3031 | Advanced Translation Skills | 15 | No |
| SML3041 | Green Matters in Modern Languages and Cultures | 15 | No |
| SML3042 | Transcultural Devon: Creating, Analysing and Subtitling Interviews in the Context of Migration | 15 | No |
| SML3043 | Migration and Multilingualism | 15 | No |
| SML3044 | Migration in World Cinema | 15 | No |
| SML3030 | Extended Dissertation | 30 | 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. Identify English and Global Cultural Studies as broad subject disciplines. | ILOs 1-8 are acquired through lectures, seminars, workshops, study groups, tutorials and other learning activities throughout the programme. The degree of specialisation of subject knowledge increases during the programme. Modules at Stage 3 are most closely related to the research specialism of the staff teaching the module. The precise method of teaching varies according to each module. On team-taught modules, you will normally engage in both lectures and seminar groups. In smaller options, you will normally spend most of your contact time in seminar groups and workshops. | The assessment of these skills is through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, coursework, log-books, web-based assessments, essays, oral and written exams, other written reports/projects, portfolios, videos, and (if chosen) a dissertation. The assessment criteria pay full recognition to the importance of the various skills outlined. |
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: | |
9. Articulate knowledge and understanding of concepts and theories relating to the study of literature, languages, history and culture. | These skills are developed throughout the programme in all modules, with the emphasis becoming more complex as you move from stage to stage. They are developed through lectures and seminars, written work, and oral work (both in presentation and seminar discussion), and reinforced through the range of modules across all three stages. They will culminate in the substantial and independent research skills demonstrated within the dissertation and special subject modules. | The assessment of these skills is through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, log-books, web-based assessments, essays, oral and written exams, other written reports/projects, portfolios, videos and (if chosen) a dissertation. |
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: | |
15. Apply advanced literacy and communication skills in appropriate contexts including the ability to present sustained and persuasive written and oral arguments. | Personal and key skills are 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 through a combination of presentations and participation in seminars, log-books, web-based assessments, essays, oral and written exams, other written reports/projects, portfolios, videos, and a dissertation.
Outcomes ILOs 15-20 are also strongly developed in the course of the portfolio of assessed essays and other written work produced through all stages of the programme. These assessments work on the principle of offering formative feedback to support the development of your written work within as well as between modules. Feedback on one assignment is intended to inform the next piece of work you undertake on the module; the next piece of work on the programme, or the future learning of graduates.
Outcome ILO 20 is associated especially with the range of group presentations taking place in modules. Group presentation assessment brings into focus an important range of skills for students, including sharing workloads, responsibility for tasks, team-working, collaborative and communicative skills. Individual contributions to group work are also assessed individually, most often in the form of a reflective presentation report.
ILOs 22-24 are also accomplished in the course of ‘real-time’ formal assessments such as presentations and end of module exams, which occur in all levels of the programme. |
7. Programme Regulations
Programme-specific Award Rules
Your degree classification will be calculated from the credit-weighted average marks for stages 2 and 3 combined in the ratio 1:2 respectively.
Your degree title will be ‘BA English and Global Cultural Studies’. If you have passed at least 60 credits of a language in stages 1 and 2, you will get ‘with proficiency in [language]’. If you have passed at least 60 credits of a language at advanced level (MLx1001, MLx2001 or Language Centre equivalents), you will get ‘with proficiency in advanced [language]’.
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
The marking criteria, which closely reflect the skills outlined in the Programme Outcomes section, and the Department’s expectations with regard to study groups, are available in the Student Handbook, which can be found on ELE.
All students within English and Global Cultural Studies have a personal tutor for their entire programme of study and who is available at advertised ‘office 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 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.
14. Awarding Institution
ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland)
15. Lead College / Teaching Institution
Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS)
16. Partner College / Institution
Partner College(s)
Not applicable to this programme
Partner Institution
Not applicable to this programme.
17. Programme Accredited / Validated by
Not applicable to this programme.
18. Final Award
BA (Hons) English and Global Cultural Studies
19. UCAS Code
Not applicable to this programme.
20. NQF Level of Final Award
6 (Honours)
21. Credit
| CATS credits | 360 |
ECTS credits | 180 |
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22. QAA Subject Benchmarking Group
Level 1
23. Dates
| Origin Date | 23/08/2019 |
Date of last revision | 01/11/2024 |
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