2024/5, Trimester 1, In Person,
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Occurrence: | 001 |
Primary mode of delivery: | In Person |
Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
Partner: | |
Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Arin Keeble |
Module Organiser: | |
Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) | NESH Description |
Face To Face | Lecture | 10 | Lectures will introduce a range of approaches to the set texts including consideration of their historical / cultural / social / political contexts. |
Face To Face | Tutorial | 20 | In these small group sessions you will discuss content introduced in the lecture in detail, work through small group activities, and have the opportunity to test out your own ideas and arguments about the set texts. |
Online | Guided independent study | 170 | You will read and carry out research independently but guided by the teaching and learning you experience in lectures and tutorials and by the materials available on Moodle. |
| Total Study Hours | 200 | |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 | |
Assessment |
Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words | Description |
Project - Written | 40 | 2~3~5 | 7 | , WORDS= 1200 | This first assessment is designed to develop key skills in researching, planning, and writing your academic essay for this module and in general. It has five linked components that address key skills: 1) developing research questions and strategies; 2) identifying appropriate secondary sources; 3) taking a position and developing an argument; 4) essay planning; and 5) citing secondary sources – both in text and bibliographically. The submission will be a portfolio of written responses to the five tasks set out below. Each of these five portfolio components should be a maximum of one side of A4 (Calibri 11) meaning your portfolio will be five pages in total with a minimum word count of 1,200 words. |
Essay | 60 | 1~2~3~4~5 | 13 | , WORDS= 2000 | The second assignment will be a 2,000-word essay response to a selection of set questions available in the module handbook. The students will be expected to compose essay responses which incorporate analysis of at least two of the primary texts on the module . |
Component 1 subtotal: | 40 | | |
Component 2 subtotal: | 60 | | | | |
Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |