2026/7, Trimester 1, In Person,
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| Occurrence: | 001 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | In Person |
| Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
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| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Ariadne Xenou |
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) | NESH Description |
| Online | Guided independent study | 177 | As part of every module, you are expected to schedule and manage your time and commit personal learning time for each activity. This includes lecture and seminar preparation, exercise preparation, assessment preparation and work. The module leader's office hours are available for you to aid you with these tasks. |
| Online | Guided independent study | 1 | Reading week
Consolidation of knowledge gained in component 1.
An online group talk with our Subject Group Librarian to prepare students for Component 2. |
| Face To Face | Lecture | 11 | This is a weekly lecture for the entire cohort during which you will be introduced to the core topics of the week and have the opportunity to discuss them and begin to practise them. The required weekly reading will be the basis for this class. During this time, we will also analyse and discuss all assignment questions.
For reasonable adjustment, lecture notes will be provided in advance of all classes to ensure that anyone unable to attend or participate in class is up to date with the material. I will set aside a period of time during my office hours for those students who are not able to attend the weekly class. |
| Face To Face | Tutorial | 11 | Weekly tutorials follow the weekly lecture and give you the opportunity to put into practice the weekly material in a smaller more cohesive environment. An important aspect of the tutorials is the testing, experimentation and practice of the tasks and components that will form each of your assessments. The tutorials are dialogue and peer-review-based.
I will set aside a period of time during my office hours for those students who are unable to attend the weekly tutorials. |
| 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 |
| Report | 10 | 1~4~7 | Week 4 | , WORDS= 125 words | Write a one paragraph, 125 word (+/- 10%) report on a specific article given closer to the time of the assessment. Your report should only summarise what you feel to be the key issues. You are not to convey your views on the article. Revise and proofread carefully. This is a formal writing assignment, so make sure you structure your sentences and the paragraph properly and that you adopt an appropriate tone.The objective of this assignment is to practise notetaking, summarisation, sentence and paragraph structure as discussed in class so you can build upon this in subsequent assignments.For reasonable adjustment, 5 working-days extensions are available to any student who applies for one. If students feel that they are unable to apply through the usual RE1 route, an email to me or their PDT will suffice. |
| Essay | 15 | 1~2~4~5~7 | Week 6 | , WORDS= 500 words | Write a 500 word (+/- 10%), 5 paragraph essay on the question given closer to the time of submission. Marks will be deducted for too many or too few words, for the wrong number of paragraphs, or for incorrectly structured paragraphs. Marks will also be deducted for poor spelling and grammar. Your essay will be assessed on how well you develop and reason through an argument, and structure your essay, sentences, introduction, content paragraphs, and conclusion, as discussed in class. Your essay must answer the question, assert a thesis, and present a well-reasoned argument. To do so you will need to undertake some basic research. At a minimum, you should read newspaper articles and watch or listen to news programmes. Your essay will be assessed on the quality of your argument, not your ability to pack data into your essay.For reasonable adjustment, 5 working-days extensions are available to any student who applies for one. If students feel that they are unable to apply through the usual RE1 route, an email to me or their PDT will suffice. Alternative methods of assessment are possible. These will be discussed according to requirements and agreed on an individual basis. |
| Class Test | 10 | 5~6~7 | Week 8 | HOURS= 30 mins + 25% | This will test you on Learning Outcomes 4, 5 and 6, though these are directly applicable to all Learning Outcomes that we have covered so far. It is an open-book test. The most important formative aspect of the test is to learn and engage with skillsets of taking tests that are directly applicable to time-management techniques required in your discipline.The test takes place online, outwith class hours, and on your devices. The test can be taken any time between 5pm and midnight on the day of assessment.The test incorporates +25% time for reasonable adjustment. |
| Project - Written | 25 | 1~2~3~4~5~6 | Week 11 | , WORDS= see below | Research Dossier2 bibliographic lists125-word summative paragraph3 annotations of 75 words eachThis project assesses you on learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, and 4. It has five components. 1) A research topic will be given closer to the time of submission. Lpcate 5 books or book chapters and 5 journal articles. These should be a combination of primary and secondary sources. Magazine articles are not acceptable and will not be counted or assessed.2) Once you have located your sources, list them in a bibliography using the MHRA Style Guide. 3) Produce a second bibliography or 'Works Cited' list of the sources you have found using either the Chicago Manual of Style (using the bibliographic formatting specified in the chapters on the 'Notes-Bibliography Style') or the MLA Handbook. 4) Produce a 125-word paragraph that summarises key recurrent themes in your research. Build your argument from your sources' discussions and reference your use of the sources appropriately.5) Provide three, seventy-five word annotations of the most important sources that informed your paragraph, complete with bibliographic entries preceding each annotation. This project prepares you for research that you will undertake and complete during your final assessment. It also provides you with the skills required throughout your academic career.For reasonable adjustment, 5 working-days extensions are available to any student who applies for one. If students feel that they are unable to apply through the usual RE1 route, an email to me or their PDT will suffice. Alternative methods of assessment are possible. These will be discussed according to requirements and agreed on an individual basis. |
| Essay | 40 | 1~2~3~4~5~6~7 | Week 14 | , WORDS= 1000 words | Write a 1000 word (+/- 10%) essay on a research question that will be circulated closer to the time. Marks will be deducted for too many or too few words or for incorrectly structured paragraphs. Marks will also be deducted for poor spelling and grammar. Your essay will be assessed on how well you develop and reason through an argument, and structure your essay, sentences, introduction, content paragraphs, and conclusion, as discussed in class. Your essay must answer the question, assert a thesis, and present a well-reasoned argument. You will need to undertake research for this paper. You must determine for yourself the extent and relevance of your research sources for your essay. This assessment covers all the learning outcomes in the module.For reasonable adjustment, 5 working-days extensions are available to any student who applies for one. If students feel that they are unable to apply through the usual RE1 route, an email to me or their PDT will suffice. Alternative methods of assessment are possible. These will be discussed according to requirements and agreed on an individual basis. |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 35 | | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 65 | | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |