BA English
Academic Year 2017/18
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Programme Title |
BA English |
Final Award |
Bachelor of Arts |
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Programme Code |
ENG-BA-S |
UCAS Code |
Q300 |
JACS Code |
Q300 (DESCR) 100 |
Criteria for Admissions The programme entry requirement is ABB at ‘A’ Level or equivalent. The subject specific requirement is grade A in English Literature and/or English Language at ‘A’ Level or equivalent or grade A at ‘AS’ Level or equivalent. International candidates require at least a British Council IELTS qualification of 6.5 overall with a minimum of 5.5 in each component. |
ATAS Clearance Required |
No |
Health Check Required |
No |
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Portfolio Required |
Interview Required |
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Mode of Study |
Full Time |
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Type of Programme |
Single Honours |
Length of Programme |
3 Academic Year(s) |
Total Credits for Programme |
360 |
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Exit Awards available |
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INSTITUTE INFORMATION
Awarding Institution/Body |
Queen's University Belfast |
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Teaching Institution |
Queen's University Belfast |
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School/Department |
Arts, English and Languages |
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Framework for Higher Education Qualification Level |
Level 6 |
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QAA Benchmark Group |
English (2015) |
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Accreditations (PSRB) |
REGULATION INFORMATION
Does the Programme have any approved exemptions from the University General Regulations N/A |
Programme Specific Regulations Each level requires 120 CATS in English, though students have the option of taking 20 CATS in another subject in the Faculty at Stage 1 instead of ENG1090 Introduction to Creative Writing. |
Students with protected characteristics N/A |
Are students subject to Fitness to Practise Regulations (Please see General Regulations) No |
EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF PROGRAMME
This BA degree, incorporating both English language and literature, is designed to provide students with:
• an intellectual training in the distinct yet complementary fields of English literary and linguistic study;
• the widest possible opportunity to pursue and extend their subject knowledge and understanding;
• a university curriculum, in accordance with the national English benchmarking statement, that reflects the chronological, cultural, and generic diversity of English literary and language studies, drawing, where applicable, on the unique character of Northern Ireland, and taking advantage of a variety of critical and pedagogical approaches;
• a flexible curriculum that develops new areas of teaching in response to advances in scholarship, interests and abilities of staff members, and student feedback;
• an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry, by offering modules which encourage a stimulating interchange of ideas;
• the necessary intellectual, practical, and key skills to enable students to develop as independent, reflective lifelong learners and able employees and entrepreneurs;
• a broad yet enriching context for future employment, in which graduates appreciate the continuing value of an education in this discipline.
More generally, the programme attracts students from local, national, and international contexts, through a variety of entry routes, and delivers the best possible learning and teaching experience, in an environment of equality, tolerance, and mutual respect.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learning Outcomes: Cognitive SkillsOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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recognise and appreciate the varying effects of different literary and linguistic forms of expression; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Class discussion in which analysis and interpretation of texts takes place allows the students to develop a comparative understanding of different approaches to material. It allows for both tutor- and student-led opportunities for the discussion and comprehension of directed reading and secondary source information. Methods of Assessment Progress through the degree is one in which the autonomous learning undertaken by students is gradually increased, from lecture/tutorial based teaching at stages 1 and 2, to student-centred learning, through 2- or 3-hour seminars, at stage 3. |
Learning Outcomes: Subject SpecificOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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read texts with a developed awareness and appreciation of their formal, structural and generic properties; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Lectures provide specific contextual and theoretical information as well as offering practical examples of different critical approaches. Methods of Assessment Assessment methods vary in accordance with the specific learning outcomes of particular modules as detailed below or in the English Handbook. |
Learning Outcomes: Knowledge & UnderstandingOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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display a broad knowledge of a range of periods in literary history, including literature before 1660, and an understanding of the social and political contexts in which texts are both written and read; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Knowledge and understanding are developed through lectures, tutorials, seminars (many of which will be enhanced by learning aids such as hand-outs, and key readings available online through Queen’s Online) and through the assessment and feedback process. Methods of Assessment A range of assessment methods ensures that these skills are evaluated in different ways. |
Learning Outcomes: Transferable SkillsOn the completion of this course successful students will be able to: |
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manage time efficiently and effectively; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Class presentations and student interaction hone communication and rhetorical skills. Student centred learning situations encourage and test the ability to present and summarise knowledge to their peers in a coherent, structured form, and inter-personal skills are developed in seminars and tutorials. Methods of Assessment Writing skills tutorials and lectures develop essay writing on stylistic, rhetorical and bibliographical levels. The ability to source and collate information is developed through introductory training in the use of libraries and online resources. IT courses are available through the university and can be used to develop computing skills as required. All students are required to word-process essays, thus testing their acquisition of IT skills. |
display interpersonal skills and the ability to work productively in a group context; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Individual and group presentations; developing skills at stage 1 through a dedicated skills module. Methods of Assessment Individual and group presentations; learning portfolios and coursework projects are embedded in modules across the programme. |
understand the role and use of feedback in assessing and improving performance; |
Teaching/Learning Methods and Strategies Students receive online feedback on their uploaded assignments and may seek further feedback in one-to-one meetings with tutors. Methods of Assessment Feedback (on Queen’s Online, on draft materials, or in class) provides students with an ongoing feedback experience throughout their degree. |
MODULE INFORMATION
Programme Requirements
Module Title |
Module Code |
Level/ stage |
Credits |
Availability |
Duration |
Pre-requisite |
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Assessment |
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S1 | S2 | Core | Option | Coursework % | Practical % | Examination % | ||||||
English in Transition | ENG1001 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
English in Context | ENG1002 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Sounds of the City: Belfast and Beyond | ENG1006 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Introduction to English Language | ENL1001 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Introduction to Creative Writing | ENG1090 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Adventures in the History of Ideas | ENG1008 | 1 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Mapping the Anglo-Saxon World | ENG2003 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Foundations for Speech Analysis: The Phonetics of English | ENL2001 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 50% | 30% | 20% | ||
Introduction to American Writing | ENG2072 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Language and Power | ENL2002 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 80% | 0% | 20% | ||
History of English: Studying Language Change | ENL2004 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Late Medieval Literature | ENG2040 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Eighteenth-Century and Romantic Literature | ENG2062 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Introduction to Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama | ENG2050 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Literature and Society, 1850-1930 | ENG2070 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Irish Literature | ENG2081 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
An Introduction to Critical and Cultural Theory | ENG2000 | 2 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Shakespeare on Screen | ENG3087 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Speech Worlds: Phonology in Acquisition and Disorder | ENL3003 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Televising the Victorians | ENG3069 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Literature and Science in the Nineteenth Century: Evolution, Degeneration, and the Mind | ENG3097 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Double Dissertation English Literature | ENG3000 | 3 | 40 | YES | YES | 24 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | |
Contemporary US Crime Fiction: the Police, the State, the Globe | ENH3008 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Comic Fiction, Fielding to Austen (1740-1820) | ENH3013 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Marvels, Monsters and Miracles in Anglo-Saxon England | ENG3011 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Special Topic in Irish Writing Literary Responses to the Peace Process in Northern Ireland | ENH3020 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Renaissance Performance, Gender, Space | ENG3181 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Contemporary Irish and Scottish Fiction Devolutionary Identities | ENG3060 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Broadcasting and Identity | ENL3002 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Picturing America: Shaping the States in Word and Image | ENG3061 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
The Structure of English | ENL3110 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Digital textualities and the History of the Book | ENG3178 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Representing the Working Class | ENG3064 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Writing New York, 1880-1940 | ENG3183 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Contemporary Literature: Poetry and Precariousness in the Twenty-First Century | ENG3184 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Irish Gothic | ENG3330 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Stevens & Bishop | ENG3333 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Writing Africa: The Colonial Past to Colonial Present | ENG3185 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Knowledge, Power and Imagination: Writing the East, 1662-1835 | ENG3186 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Stylistics: Analysing Style in Language | ENL3011 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 100% | 0% | 0% | ||
Discourses of Crime | ENL3111 | 3 | 20 | YES | 12 weeks | N | YES | 70% | 30% | 0% |
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