Programme Specification (Undergraduate) Date amended: February 2016 1. Programme Title(s) and UCAS code(s): BA History of Art and English (VQ33) BA History of Art and English with a Year Abroad* *Students may only enter these degree programmes by transferring at the end of year 1 2. Awarding body or institution: University of Leicester 3. a) Mode of study: Full-time b) Type of study: Campus-based 4. Registration periods: The normal period of registration is three years The maximum period of registration is five years Year Abroad The normal period of registration is four years The maximum period of registration is six years 5. Typical entry requirements: BBB at A Level (A2), including English (Language or Literature). Acceptable alternatives include the International Baccalaureate (28 points including 6 in Higher Level English), European Baccalaureate (77% including 8 in English), BTEC National Diploma (DDM) and Access to HE courses (60 credits plus a review of a piece of recent written work). Overseas qualifications considered individually, with students also requiring a minimum English language qualification (IELTS 6.5) 6. Accreditation of Prior Learning: APL will not be accepted for exemptions from individual modules, however may be considered for direct entry to year 2, on a case by case and subject to the general provisions of the University APL policy. 7. Programme aims: The programme aims to To enable students to explore their interests in History of Art and English literature through a syllabus that offers a secure foundation in core subject knowledge in those subjects as well as the opportunity for progression, specialisation and independent study. To provide an intellectually challenging and stimulating curriculum drawing on the teaching strengths and research expertise of the Department of History of Art and Film and the School of English To develop students knowledge and skills in these subject areas. To develop students critical abilities in reading both art-historical and literary texts. To help students understand art-historical and literary texts in relation to their wider historical and cultural contexts. To enhance students understanding of the disciplines of History of Art and English Literature.
To develop students ability to communicate their ideas clearly and effectively in a variety of forms including both written and oral communication. To enable students to be able to carry out independent supervised research by writing their final-year dissertation. To foster students independent thinking, analytical problem-solving and critical judgement. To enable and assist students in developing the transferable skills necessary for successful career development and effective independent learning. Year Abroad To offer the possibility, after satisfactory completion of the first year, to transfer to History of Art and English with a Year Abroad, a 4 year degree course which entails a year s study at one of our sister departments (e.g. Rome, Pisa, Montpellier, Amsterdam, Bonn and Aarhus). 8. Reference points used to inform the programme specification: QAA Benchmarking statement for History of Art http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/publications/documents/subject-benchmark-statement- History-of-art-architecture-and-design.pdf QAA Framework for Higher Education Qualifications QAA Subject Benchmark statement for English http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/publications/documents/sbs-english-15.pdf University of Leicester Learning Strategy http://www2.le.ac.uk/offices/sas2/quality/learnteach University of Leicester Employability Strategy University of Leicester Periodic Review (2011) First Destination Survey Graduate Survey External Examiners Reports 9. Programme Outcomes: Intended Learning Outcomes Teaching and Learning Methods How Demonstrated? (a) Discipline specific knowledge and competencies (i) Mastery of an appropriate body of knowledge Knowledge of the history of Western art from its classical antiquity to the present; the history of English literature from the Renaissance to the present; the history of Art History and English as academic disciplines; the principal historical movements and different forms and genres in art (including architecture and design) and English literature. Lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, directed reading, resource-based learning, independent research, supervisions. Essays, essay-based exams, reports, dissertation, seminar presentations, seminar discussions.
Intended Learning Outcomes Teaching and Learning Methods How Demonstrated? (ii) Understanding and application of key concepts and techniques Knowledge and application of a range of critical and theoretical approaches to art and literature (e.g. aesthetics, genre, formalism, structuralism, feminism, Marxism, postmodernism, postcolonialism); the aesthetic, social and cultural significance of art and literary texts; and the intellectual contexts of the disciplines of Art History and English. Analyse the form, style and structure of art-historical and literary texts; develop an awareness of the methods and tools of critical analysis; understand the relationships between texts and wider social and cultural processes. Present and explain issues, ideas and arguments in a variety of written and oral forms. Analyse and contextualise arthistorical and literary texts and other primary source documents and to use such sources confidently in presenting critical analysis and argument. Research and write an independently conceived piece of writing demonstrating an indepth knowledge and understanding of a specific topic. Summarise ideas and present arguments to a peer group; and to participate effectively in group discussion. Lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, directed reading, resource-based learning, independent research, supervisions. Essays, essay-based exams, reports, dissertation, seminar presentations, seminar discussions. (iii) Critical analysis of key issues Lectures, seminars, tutorials, Essays, essay-based exams, reports, workshops, directed reading, dissertation, seminar presentations, resource-based learning, seminar discussions,. independent research, supervisions. (iv) Clear and concise presentation of material Seminars, tutorials, workshops, team exercises, dissertation, tutorials, supervisions. (v) Critical appraisal of evidence with appropriate insight Seminars, tutorials, workshops, dissertation, tutorials, supervisions. Essays, essay-based exams, reports, dissertation, seminar presentations, seminar discussions. Essays, essay-based exams, reports, dissertation, seminar presentations, seminar discussions. (vi) Other discipline specific competencies Workshops, tutorials, supervisions. Dissertation (Year 3) (b) Transferable skills (i) Oral communication Workshops, team exercises. Seminar presentations (including both assessed and unassessed presentations).
Intended Learning Outcomes Summarise ideas and present arguments fluently and cogently in a variety of written forms of different lengths, difficulties and levels of formality. Teaching and Learning Methods (ii) Written communication Seminars, tutorials, workshops. (iii) Information technology Demonstrate competence in the use of IT including wordprocessing, bibliographic and archive searches, data retrieval and analysis, and written/visual presentation of evidence Seminars, workshops, team exercises, independent research. Introduction to IT for learning and research including in induction programme with refresher workshops throughout the degree. (iv) Numeracy N/A N/A N/A (v) Team working Solve problems and research topics collaboratively; develop team-working and leading skills; reflect on the value, limitations and challenges of group working Solve critical, theoretical, historical problems relating to art and literature; awareness of research methodologies. Identify, retrieve and analyse a variety of textual, visual, written, art-historical, literary, critical and historical sources. Manage time and resources to meet deadlines; demonstrate independent critical judgement; ability to work independently and to reflect on students own learning, achievements, skills and career development. Group work for projects, including seminar presentations. (vi) Problem solving Lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, team exercises, independent research, supervisions. (vii) Information handling Lectures, seminars, tutorials, workshops, independent research, supervisions. (viii) Skills for lifelong learning Principally PDP including tutorials with personal tutor; also group work, developing CV, independent research. How Demonstrated? Essays, essay-based exams, reports, dissertation. Essays, reports, dissertation, seminar presentations. Group projects, reports, seminar presentations, film practical. Essays, essay-based exams, reports,, seminar presentations, seminar discussion, dissertation. Essays, essay-based exams, reports, seminar presentations, dissertation. Seminar exercises, group work, essays, reports, dissertation. 10. Scheme of Assessment This programme follows the University s regulations governing undergraduate programmes: Senate Regulation 5 11. Progression points: This degree programme follows the University's standard progression rules set out in Senate Regulation 5. In cases where a student has failed to meet a requirement to progress he or she will be required to withdraw from the course
12. Special features: The possibility, after satisfactory completion of the first year, to transfer to BA History of Art with a Year Abroad, a 4 year degree course which entails a year s study at one of our sister departments (e.g. Rome, Pisa, Montpellier, Amsterdam, Bonn and Aarhus). 13. Indications of programme quality 14. The contributing departments have both been rated excellent in their teaching by the last subject-specific QAA inspection. In the 2014 RAE both departments had 98% of their research judged to be of international excellence or significance. 15. External Examiners The details of the History of Art and Film External Examiner(s) for this programme and the most recent External Examiners reports can be found here. The details of the English External Examiner(s) for this programme and the most recent External Examiners reports can be found here. Appendix 1: Programme structure (programme regulations) BA HISTORY OF ART AND ENGLISH FIRST YEAR MODULES SEMESTER 1 Core Modules Credits HA1112 Introduction to History of Art I 20 EN1010 Reading English 20 EN1020 A Literary Genre: The Novel 20 Semester Total 60 SEMESTER 2 Core Modules Credits HA1113 Introduction to History of Art II 20 HA1115 Film and Art: Academic Study and the Workplace 20 EN1050 Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries 20 Semester Total 60 SECOND YEAR MODULES SEMESTER 1 Core Modules Credits HA2218 Modernity and Tradition 20 HA2219 Documents in the History of Art 20 EN2020 Renaissance Literature 20 Semester Total 60 SEMESTER 2 Core Modules Credits HA2210 Italian Art And Architecture 1500-1700 20 EN2050 Satire To Sensibility: Literature 1660-1789 20 EN2060 Concepts in Criticism 20 Semester Total 60
THIRD YEAR MODULES Students must take EITHER Route A in both semesters OR Route B in both semesters They must take a minimum of 40 credits in each subject. This includes a dissertation in either History of Art (40 credits) or English (20 credits) which will count towards the minimum number of credits required in each subject. A student may take only one English Special Subject per semester. ROUTE A Semester One Module Code Module Title Credits Core HA3401 Dissertation (taken over both semesters) (20) Optional modules (two modules selected from the options listed below. No more than one English special subject module): HA3465 Seriality: Film, Television and Other Media (20) HA3484 From Drawing to Painting in the Italian Renaissance (20) HA3020 Classical Aesthetics and its Legacy in Britain (20) HA3424 Conceptual Art and its Aftermath (20) EN3020 Romantics to Victorians: Literature 1789-1870 (20) English special subject module, selected from: EN3071 Modern American Poetry (priority given to American (20) Studies students) EN3119 Writing Voices (priority given to Creative Writing students) (20) EN3131 Gothic: From Otranto to Wuthering Heights (20) EN3142 Crime and Literature, 1600-1750 (20) EN3146 Love and Sex in Old English Literature (20) EN3149 New York Stories: Tales of the City (priority is given to (20) American Studies students) EN3164 Imagining London: The City in Early Modern Literature (20) EN3172 Libertine Literature 1660-1690 (20) EN3174 Writing Prose Fiction (priority is given to Creative Writing (20) students) EN3115 Church and State in Medieval Literature (20) EN3199 Clinical Encounters? Narratives of Doctors and Patients (20) EN3200 Twenty First Century Global Fiction (20) EN3078 Love and Death: The Novel in Nineteenth Century Russia (20) and France EN3205 Multilingualism and Multicultural Communities (20) EN3151 Classical Worlds (20) EN3102 Contemporary Women s Writing (20) EN3203 Early Modern Fantasies and Fears (20) EN3184 Visions of Hell: The Fiction of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel (20) Spark EN3141 Representing The Holocaust (20) Semester Total: 60
Semester Two Module Code Module Title Credits Core HA3401 Dissertation (taken over both semesters) (20) Optional modules (two modules selected from the options listed below. No more than one English special subject module): HA3015 Death and Life of Modernist Architecture (20) HA3464 Screen Gothic (20) HA3426 British Gothic Sculpture (20) HA3430 Italy and the North 1550-1700 HA3485 The Golden Age of French Cinema, 1930-1955 (20) EN3030 Victorian to Modern: Literature 1870-1945 (20) EN3040 Post-war to Postmodern: Literature 1945-Present Day (20) English special subject module, selected from: EN3111 Autobiography and American Literature (priority is given to (20) American Studies students) EN3159 Modern European Fiction (20) EN3175 Understanding Screenplays (priority is given to Creative (20) Writing students) EN3112 Medievalism in Contemporary Literature (20) EN3190 Kingdoms of Ice and Snow: Exploration in Writing and Film (20) EN3196 English and Education (20) EN3148 Classical and Post-Classical Latin (20) EN3195 Writing on the Threshold (priority is given to Creative (20) Writing students) EN3105 War, Trauma and the Novel (20) EN3155 Medicine and Literature in the Nineteenth Century (20) EN3158 Jane Austen: Novels, Contexts, Adaptations (20) EN3150 American Masculinities (priority is given to American (20) Studies students) EN3124 Women and the Feminine in Medieval and Renaissance (20) Literature EN3202 Austen in Antigua: Literary and Cinematic Explorations of (20) Rural Britain s Slavery Connections EN3128 Late Victorian Gothic (20) EN3194 Tragedy (20) EN3144 The Thatcher Factor (20) EN3169 Detective Fiction (20) EN3143 English Around the World (20) AM3021 Literature in Action: Reading and Responsibility (priority is (20) given to American Studies students) AM3088 Coming of Age in America (priority is given to American Studies students) (20) Semester Total: 60
ROUTE B Semester One Module Code Module Title Credits Core EN3010 Dissertation (20) Optional modules (two modules selected from the options listed below. No more than one English special subject module): HA3465 Seriality: Film, Television and Other Media (20) HA3484 From Drawing to Painting in the Italian Renaissance (20) HA3020 Classical Aesthetics and its Legacy in Britain (20) HA3424 Conceptual Art and its Aftermath (20) EN3020 Romantics to Victorians: Literature 1789-1870 (20) English special subject module, selected from: EN3071 Modern American Poetry (priority given to American (20) Studies students) EN3119 Writing Voices (priority given to Creative Writing students) (20) EN3131 Gothic: From Otranto to Wuthering Heights (20) EN3142 Crime and Literature, 1600-1750 (20) EN3146 Love and Sex in Old English Literature (20) EN3149 New York Stories: Tales of the City (priority is given to (20) American Studies students) EN3164 Imagining London: The City in Early Modern Literature (20) EN3172 Libertine Literature 1660-1690 (20) EN3174 Writing Prose Fiction (priority is given to Creative Writing (20) students) EN3115 Church and State in Medieval Literature (20) EN3199 Clinical Encounters? Narratives of Doctors and Patients (20) EN3200 Twenty First Century Global Fiction (20) EN3078 Love and Death: The Novel in Nineteenth Century Russia (20) and France EN3205 Multilingualism and Multicultural Communities (20) EN3151 Classical Worlds (20) EN3102 Contemporary Women s Writing (20) EN3203 Early Modern Fantasies and Fears (20) EN3184 Visions of Hell: The Fiction of Evelyn Waugh and Muriel (20) Spark EN3141 Representing The Holocaust (20) Semester Total: 60 Semester Two Module Code Module Title Credits Optional modules (two modules selected from the options listed below. No more than one English special subject module): HA3015 Death and Life of a Modernist Architecture (20) HA3426 British Gothic Sculpture (20) HA3464 Screen Gothic (20) HA3430 Italy and the North 1550-1700 (20) HA3485 The Golden Age of French Cinema, 1930-1955 (20) EN3030 Victorian to Modern: Literature 1870-1945 (20)
EN3040 Post-war to Postmodern: Literature 1945-Present Day (20) English special subject module, selected from: EN3111 Autobiography and American Literature (priority is given to (20) American Studies students) EN3159 Modern European Fiction (20) EN3175 Understanding Screenplays (priority is given to Creative (20) Writing students) EN3112 Medievalism in Contemporary Literature (20) EN3190 Kingdoms of Ice and Snow: Exploration in Writing and Film (20) EN3196 English and Education (20) EN3148 Classical and Post-Classical Latin (20) EN3195 Writing on the Threshold (priority is given to Creative (20) Writing students) EN3105 War, Trauma and the Novel (20) EN3155 Medicine and Literature in the Nineteenth Century (20) EN3158 Jane Austen: Novels, Contexts, Adaptations (20) EN3150 American Masculinities (priority is given to American (20) Studies students) EN3124 Women and the Feminine in Medieval and Renaissance (20) Literature EN3202 Austen in Antigua: Literary and Cinematic Explorations of (20) Rural Britain s Slavery Connections EN3128 Late Victorian Gothic (20) EN3194 Tragedy (20) EN3144 The Thatcher Factor (20) EN3169 Detective Fiction (20) EN3143 English Around the World (20) AM3021 Literature in Action: Reading and Responsibility (priority is (20) given to American Studies students) AM3088 Coming of Age in America (priority is given to American Studies students) (20) Semester Total: 600 BA HISTORY OF ART AND ENGLISH WITH A YEAR ABROAD Students may only enter this course by transferring at the end of the first-year from the B.A. degree in History of Art and English and on the recommendation of the Head of Department of History of Art. Transfer is conditional on successful completion of first-year modules. FIRST AND SECOND YEAR MODULES As for the first and second year modules for BA History of Art and English(above). THIRD YEAR MODULES The third year will be spent abroad in the European Union taking approved courses in one of the institutions associated with the History of Art Department in a SOCRATES Inter-University Co- Operative Programme (ICP). Part of the summer following the second year of the course will normally be spent in the host country for intensive preparation in its language. FOURTH-YEAR MODULES As for the fourth year modules for BA History of Art and English (above). Appendix 2: Module specifications See module specification database http://www.le.ac.uk/sas/courses/documentation
Appendix 3: Skills matrix
Programme Specification Appendix 3 Skills Matrix: BA History of Art and English Date written: March 2016 1st Yr core modules 2nd Yr core mods 3rd yr core mods 3rd yr option s Programme Learning Outcomes (a) Discipline specific knowledge and competencies Demonstrate mastery of a wide body of knowledge within the fields of History of Art and English. HA1112 Introduction to History of Art I EN1010 Reading English EN1020 A Literary Genre: The Novel x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (ii) Understanding and application of key concepts and techniques Understanding of the role of History of Art and English both in their historical contexts and in society today; understanding historical and theoretical approaches to History of Art and English; and applying those approaches to the analysis of specific History of Art and English texts and groups of texts. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x HA1113 Introduction to History of Art II HA1115 Film and Art: Academic Study and the Workplace EN1050 Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries HA2218 Modernity and Tradition HA2219 Documents of the History of Art EN2020 Renaissance Literature HA2210 Italian Art and Architecture EN2050Satire To Sensibility: Literature 1660-1789 EN2060 Concepts in Criticism HA3401 Dissertation or EN3010 Dissertation Minimum 40 credits of options from each department
(iii) Critical analysis of key issues Analyse the formal and aesthetic properties of art; understand the relationships between art and wider social and cultural processes. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (iv) Clear and concise presentation of material Present and explain topics, issues, ideas and arguments in a variety of written and oral forms demonstrating skills of analysis and synthesis of material and appropriate use of scholarly concentions. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (v) Critical appraisal of evidence with appropriate insight Use both Humanities and Social Science methodologies to explore research questions within the disciplines of History of Art and English; apply theoretical models and frameworks to the analysis of specific examples; read, discuss and analyse critically different sources. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (vi) Other discipline specific competencies Research and write an independently conceived and sustained piece of History of Art or English research x (b) Transferable skills (i) Oral communication Ability to summarise ideas and present arguments to a peer group using appropriate resources (including visual, written and aural aids). x x x x x x (ii) Written communication Ability to present information and to articulate concepts and arguments fluently and cogently in an acceptable standard of written English and observing correct scholarly apparatus. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (iii) Information technology Demonstrate knowledge of and competency in IT, including theoretical knowledge of its development and uses; competency in word processing and use of multimedia packages for research and presentations. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (iv) Numeracy
Demonstrate knowledge of numeracy and use of statistics in media-based research. (v) Team working x x x x Ability to work in groups and to develop skills in group management, leadership and peer responsibility. x x x x x x x x x x x x x (vi) Problem solving Capacity to address critical, theoretical and historical problems, and to identify methods of solving them; formulating answers while understanding that further questions arise. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (vii) Information handling Gather, process, store, retrieve, present and exchange data relating to History of Art and English theory and practice. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x (viii) Skills for lifelong learning Managing time and resources; meeting deadlines; ability to work independently; ability to work in groups; ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral form; ability to reflect critically on students own skills and professional development; encouraging the development of independent thinking and original thought. x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Note option specificity does not mean all options include numeracy Not all group work is assessed