Gather, organise and deploy evidence, data and information from a variety of secondary and some primary sources, so as to formulate and support a line of reasoning, or argument;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

This programme will enable learners to develop generic analytical, reasoning, literacy and communication skills.

Methods of Assessment

These general cognitive skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Identify, investigate, analyse, formulate and advocate solutions to problems;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The learner will be introduced to problem solving and information processing strategies, as well as the general methodological and theoretical approaches of politics, philosophy and economics.

Methods of Assessment

These general cognitive skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Synthesise relevant information and exercise critical judgement, primarily through essay writing;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Self-reflection and evaluation will further enhance the critical thinking and sound judgement of the learner.

Methods of Assessment

These general cognitive skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Reflect on their own learning and seek and make use of constructive feedback;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The learner will gain both skills and confidence through oral and written assignments, discussion groups and team tasks.

Methods of Assessment

These general cognitive skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Manage their own learning self critically;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The modules within the programme are laid out to foster the development of the above cognitive skills, and are delivered through a variety of teaching methods including formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

These general cognitive skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Recognise the importance of explicit referencing and the ethical requirements of study, which requires critical and reflective use of information and information technology in the learning process;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Students will learn through speaking, listening, reading and writing, by engaging with printed, oral, broadcast and electronic sources, by participating in group and individual work and through processes of observation, participation and reflection.

Methods of Assessment

These general cognitive skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Use deductive and inductive modes of reasoning.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

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Methods of Assessment

These general cognitive skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

The politics element of the degree programme will provide students with an ability to:
•Understand the nature and significance of politics as a human activity;
•Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of political systems and evaluate the distribution of power within them;
•Appreciate the contested nature of politics as an activity and as an academic discipline;
•Assess different interpretations of political issues and events.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Learners will participate in teaching methods that include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, and tutorial contributions and, depending on module choice, through the production of learning journals, portfolios and group projects. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

The philosophy element of the degree programme will provide students with:

•Familiarity with the writings of some of the major philosophers;
•Familiarity with some of the theories and arguments in the fields of moral philosophy, the philosophy of religion (metaphysics), and epistemology;
•The ability to use and understand properly specialised philosophical terminology;
•The opportunity to specialise in logic and or philosophy of mind.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

While these teaching and assessment methods are intended to deliver information to the students and test their knowledge of that information, it is expected that students will engage with knowledge on their own terms and develop the skills and confidence to independently process and understand that knowledge.

Methods of Assessment

Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, and tutorial contributions and, depending on module choice, through the production of learning journals, portfolios and group projects. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

The economics element of the degree programme will provide students with:

•A coherent core of economic principles, based on either verbal, graphical or mathematical understanding, covering microeconomic issues of decision and choice, pricing, principal-agent relations and economic welfare, and macroeconomic issues of employment, national incomes, growth, business cycles, inflation, money and finance.
•A knowledge of the sources and uses of economic data.
•An ability to apply a core of economic principles and reasoning to a variety of applied topics such as government policy, or business decisions.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

This will include the critical reading of a wide range of texts including policy documents, monographs, scholarly articles, statistics and data sets, newspapers, textbooks and sources on the internet.

Methods of Assessment

Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, and tutorial contributions and, depending on module choice, through the production of learning journals, portfolios and group projects. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Finally interdisciplinary modules will provide students with knowledge and understanding of how political, philosophical and economic analyses inter-relate and complement one another, when applied to a range of issues relating to the structure and organisation of society.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Students are also expected to engage in independent research using both primary and or secondary sources and appropriate methods of enquiry.

Methods of Assessment

Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, and tutorial contributions and, depending on module choice, through the production of learning journals, portfolios and group projects.

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Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

Students will also participate in group discussion, communicating ideas and presenting their own work in a variety of formats, including debates, case studies, role play and simulations.

Methods of Assessment

Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, and tutorial contributions and, depending on module choice, through the production of learning journals, portfolios and group projects.

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Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The programme also provides opportunity for some contact with political actors through experiential learning in the form of an optional internship.

Methods of Assessment

Learners will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative means, including essays, exams, and tutorial contributions and, depending on module choice, through the production of learning journals, portfolios and group projects.

Apply concepts, theories and methods used in the study of politics to the analysis of political ideas, institutions and practices;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

This programme encourages learners to develop skills that are both subject specific to politics, philosophy and economics, but also interdisciplinary in nature concerning an understanding of the ways in which the three disciplines overlap and complement one another. These include:

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Relate the study of politics to questions of public concern;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

•critical engagements with major thinkers, debates and intellectual paradigms within politics, philosophy and economics;

Methods of Assessment

Assessment methods will be used for diagnostic, formative and summative purposes, so as to allow students to demonstrate their learning according to explicit and transparent assessment criteria.

Appreciate, through the core interdisciplinary modules how political, philosophical and economic analyses inter-relate and complement one another.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Decide what should be given as taken or fixed for the purposes of setting up a framework for solving a problem.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Abstract the features of complex systems and construct a usable framework for an evaluation and assessment of the effects of policy, or other exogenous events;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Understand how to use and analyse economic data;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Have some appreciation of quantitative techniques and economic modelling;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Apply economic reasoning to policy issues;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Identify textually based arguments and subject their structure and implications to rigorous assessment;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Abstract, analyse and construct logical arguments, employing the techniques of formal and informal methods of reasoning as appropriate, together with an ability to recognise any fallacies;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Appreciate how generalisations can be supported or weakened by detailed discussion;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

The teaching methods used to embed this knowledge and understanding include formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Appreciate and apply a range of techniques of philosophical reasoning;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

•examining competing approaches to politics, philosophy and economics.

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Place questions of political and international order and decision making at the centre of analysis;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

•explaining changing patterns of political power, changes in policy, in economic performance and in the salience of various ideas;

Methods of Assessment

The methods used to assess this knowledge include a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, portfolios, dissertations and tutorial contributions.

Relate academic theories to policies in practice;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

•exploring emerging political, philosophical and economic issues;

Methods of Assessment

These methods will include unseen exams, essays, reports, discussions, oral and written assignments and will test students ability to grasp a range of political, philosophical and economic concepts, structure logical answers, digest and précis a range of sources and apply theories to cases.

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Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

PPE students will be able to formulate and disseminate reasoned arguments and draw logical conclusions based on supporting evidence derived from a variety of sources, through speech and in writing, as a consequence of participating in such forms of assessment.

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

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Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

This broad portfolio of skills will be delivered through a variety of teaching methods including formal lectures, small group tutorials and seminars, many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as power point presentations and handouts.

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

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Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

and the ability to work independently; the capacity to apply academic theories to practical situations particularly policy relevant contexts and formal public decision making.

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

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Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

career management (including building a learning portfolio and developing a CV – see earlier reference to personal tutoring and PDP’s);

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Appreciate the complexity of inter-relationships between seemingly discrete social phenomena, thus seeing beyond the direct or short-term effects of a particular action or decision, while having sensitivity to their likely long term implications.

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

time management skills (working to deadlines, prioritizing demands);

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Think strategically and logically about opportunity costs and incentives arising from resource constraints, particular sets of rules, and in situations of conflict, bargaining and negotiation;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

IT skills (including powerpoint, use of the internet as a research tool, Queens Online);

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Collaborate with others to achieve common goals through group work, group projects and group presentations;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

interpersonal skills (small group or team work activities, debate, discussion);

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Work independently and demonstrate initiative, self-organisation and time management as a mature independent learner;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

writing skills (note-taking, organizational skills, logical progression of argument, the ability to gather information from a wide range of both contemporary and archival sources, prioritizing information, using data, statistical techniques and quantitative methods);

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Use communication and information technology, for the retrieval and presentation of information, including where appropriate statistical and numerical information;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

communication (presentations, written assignments, teamwork);

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.

Communicate effectively and fluently in speech and writing;

Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies

This programme enables learners to develop a broad portfolio of interdisciplinary skills which will enhance their employability and/or provide them with a sound basis for progression to further research at postgraduate level (either MA or doctoral work) or elsewhere. The learner will develop skills in the following areas:

Methods of Assessment

Transferable skills will be assessed by a variety of traditional and innovative methods including essays, exams, journals, group-work, portfolios and tutorial contributions. A currently ongoing Academic Year Review process forms the basis for extending innovation in assessment, including the range and types of coursework elements offered, across modules on the programme.