Programme summary

Awarding body/institution	麻豆視頻_麻豆直播_麻豆传媒官网
Teaching institution (if different)
Owning school/department	School of the Arts, English and Drama
Details of accreditation by a professional/statutory body
Final award	BA (Hons) / BA (Hons) + DPS + DINTS
Programme title	English with Business Studies
Programme code	EAUB12
Length of programme	The duration of the programme is 6 or 8 semesters. Candidates following the four year programme are required to spend an approved placement in professional industry leading to the award of Diploma in Professional Studies (DPS). The sandwich year (Part I) must be taken after satisfactory completion of Part B and before commencement of Part C.
UCAS code	Q3N1
Admissions criteria	BA (Hons) - http://www.lboro.hslppt.com/q3n1 BA (Hons) + DPS/DIntS - http://www.lboro.hslppt.com/qn31
Date at which the programme specification was published	Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:26:59 BST

1. Programme Aims

The programme seeks to:

• encourage in students a sense of enthusiasm for the study of English and foster engagement with reading, writing and visual sources, through a broad and diverse curriculum;
• encourage students to reflect critically upon acts of writing and reading in English, and on the history of textual production and reception;

• promote understanding of verbal creativity and appreciation of the aesthetic features of literary and non-literary texts;

• enable students to think independently, reason critically, analyse different forms of discourse, and weigh the importance of alternative arguments and perspectives;

• instil in students advanced competence in oral and written communication;

• develop a range of subject specific and generic skills of value in graduate employment, including highly developed critical, analytical and research skills;
• to enhance students’ career and employment prospects by developing a range of transferable skills embedded in the programme;
• to ensure that graduates are trained to think independently, to reason critically, to weigh the importance of alternative arguments and perspectives, and to analyse critically different forms of discourse.

2. Relevant subject benchmark statements and other external reference points used to inform programme outcomes:

 

• The English Benchmark Statement

• The Benchmark Statement for General Business and Management

• Framework for Higher Education Qualifications (FHEQ)

• SEEC Level Descriptors

• University Learning and Teaching Strategy

3. Programme Learning Outcomes

3.1 Knowledge and Understanding

 On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of…

 

English

the distinctive characteristics of the different literary genres of fiction, poetry, drama and other kinds of writing and communication;

a range of authors and texts from different periods of history, including those before 1800;

the relationship between literature and other forms of cultural production;

the role of critical traditions in shaping literary history,and the importance of the linguistic, literary, cultural and socio-historical contexts in which literature is written and read;

the appropriate and precise use of critical, linguistic and stylistic terminology;

the range and variety of contemporary approaches to literary study which may include creative practice and its theorization;

how literature and language produce and reflect cultural change;

the structure and functions of the English language and of its regional and global varieties;

the discipline’s relationship to other disciplines and forms of knowledge.

 

Business

an understanding of theories, principles and practice, developed from study of core management areas of human resources, finance, marketing and organisational behaviour;

knowledge of the importance of policy, planning and management in business;

the behaviour, management and development of people within organisations.

 

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

 On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to…

 

use critical skills in the close reading and analysis of texts;

show sensitivity to generic conventions and to the shaping effects on communication of circumstances, authorship, textual production and intended audience;

demonstrate awareness of how different social and cultural contexts affect judgments about the nature of language and literature;

show understanding of the critical and theoretical models that apply to their studies;

appreciate of the central role of language in the creation of meaning;

rhetorical skills of effective communication and argument;

where appropriate, demonstrate the use of theories and techniques of writing in their own creative work.

 

Business

Use critical thinking, analysis and syntheses to evalsuate and apply concepts and insights from business disciplines, including comprehension of complex scenarioses

Relate theory to practice.

b. Subject-specific practical skills:

 On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to…

English

 

present cogent and persuasive arguments both in written and oral form and be able to respond to a range of texts through creative or analytical writing;

critically evalsuate the effectiveness and value of a wide range of oral and written communication.

demonstrate advanced and effective research skills,including the ability to access, work with and evalsuate digital sources;

demonstrate the capacity for independent thought and judgment through critical or creative practice;

deploy a broad range of critical vocabulary and appropriate theoretical terminology;

demonstrate bibliographic skills appropriate to the discipline, and expertise in accurately citing sources and using scholarly conventions in the presentation of work.

 

Business

Create, evalsuate and/or assess a range of options in a business situation, applying ideas and knowledge from a variety of sources.

c. Key transferable skills:

 On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to…

 

demonstrate advanced literacy, numeracy and communication skills;

demonstrate advanced analytical skills and be able to handle complex information in a structured and systematic way;

understand and be able to interrogate and apply a variety of theoretical and interpretive positions and be able to weigh the importance of alternative perspectives;

show the capacity to adapt and transfer the critical methods of the discipline to a variety of working environments;

show their ability to initiate and take responsibility for their own work;

work with others through the presentation of ideas and the collective negotiation of solutions;

demonstrate high-level ITskills and the ability to access,work with and evalsuate electronic resources;

demonstrate effective organisational and time-management skills.

4. Programme structure

 

Part A

Compulsory Modules (total modular weight 100 credits)

Semester One (40 Credits)		Semester Two (60 Credits)
EAA700(20)	Narrative Forms and Fiction	EAA011 (20)	Writing in History
BSA505 (10)	Organisational Behaviour	EAA701 (20)	Literary and Critical Theories
BSA050 (10)	Introduction to Management	BSA506 (10)	Management of Human Resources
		BSA026 (10)	Principles of Law

 

Optional Modules In addition, students must choose 20 optional credits in semester one. 

Semester One (20 credits)
EAA104 (20)	Introduction to Poetry
EAA102 (20)	Introduction to Language

 

Part B

Compulsory Modules (total modular weight 50 credits)

In addition to the three compulsory Business modules below, students must choose at least one of the four English modules listed below (20 Credits).

Semester One		Semester Two
EAB710 (20)	Renaissance Writings (pre-1800)	EAB711 (20)	Eighteenth-Century Literature  (pre-1800)
EAB008 (20)	Victorian Literature      (post-1800)	EAB712 (20)	Modernisms                          (post-1800)
Compulsory Business Modules
BSB530 (10)	Accounting for Business	BSB562 (10)	The Marketing Mix
BSB560 (10)	Principles of Marketing

 

Optional English Modules

Optional modules will be available in the following subject areas:

• Literature from 1350 to the present

• Language and Linguistics

• Creative Writing

• American Literature and Film

In the 2017-2018 academic year the available modules will be:

Semester One		Semester Two
EAB710 (20)	Renaissance Writings (pre-1800) *if not chosen a compulsory	EAB711 (20)	Eighteenth-Century Literature  (pre-1800) *if not chosen a compulsory
EAB008 (20)	Victorian Literature      (post-1800) *if not chosen a compulsory	EAB712 (20)	Modernisms                          (post-1800) *if not chosen a compulsory
EAB113 (20)	Introduction to Linguistics	EAB017 (20)	America at War
EAB035 (20)	The Weird Tale	EAB020 (20)	Diverse Voices
EAB039 (20)	Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture
EAB154 (20)	Chivalry from Chaucer to Shakespeare
		EAB016 (20)	Language in Society *Pre-Requisite: Introduction to Linguistics
		EAB018 (20)	Women’s Writing in the Seventeenth Century

 

Optional Business Modules (total modular weight 10 credits)

Students must choose an additional 10 optional credits in semester two from the Business list.

	Semester Two
	BSB532 (10)	Accounting for Managers
	BSB550 (10)	Company Finance

 

Interdisciplinary Arts Module Options - Semester Two

 Students may choose to take one Interdisciplinary Arts Module (20 Credits) in place of an optional English module in semester 2.

Optional modules will be available in the following subject areas:

 

• History of Art, Architecture and Design

• Visual Culture

• Arts Management
• Creative Writing
• Language, Literature and Culture
• Publishing

 In the 2017-2018 academic year the available School-wide modules will be:

SAB933 (20)	Material Culture
SAB935 (20)	Creative Dissent: Protest, Activism and Art
SAB929 (20)	19th Century Bodies
SAB937 (20)	Non-Verbal Communication: Body Adornments and New Technologies
SAB938 (20)	Arts Management
SAB934 (20)	Fashion Theory
SAB939 (20)	Word and Image: Verbo-Visual Exchange in Art and Literature
EAB012 (20)	African American Culture
EAB114 (20)	Elephants and Engines
EAB110 (20)	Introduction to Multimodality
EAB050 (20)	Philosophy, Literature and the Arts
EAB912(20)	Costume Design
EAB809 (20)	From Print to Digital: Publishing Revolutions

 

Part I

Four year Sandwich Programme (DPS) route

Candidates will undertake an approved placement leading to the Diploma in Professional Studies. 

Semesters 1 and 2
EAI001	Industrial Training Placement	120 credits

 

Part C

Compulsory Modules (total modular weight 40 credits)

Semester One (20 credits)		Semester Two (20 credits)
BSC522 (10)	Entrepreneurship and Innovation	BSC524 (10)	Entrepreneurship and Small Business Planning
BSC565 (10)	Fundamentals of Strategic Management	BSC575 (10)	Leadership and Interpersonal Skills

 

Optional Modules

Students must choose an additional 80 credits of English modules with 40 credits in semester one and 40 credits in semester two.

Optional modules will be available in the following subject areas:

• Literature from 1350 to the present

• Language and Linguistics

• Creative Writing

• American Literature and Film

In the 2019-2020 academic year the available modules will be:

 

Semester One (40 credits)		Semester Two (40 credits)
EAC009 (40)	Dissertation (year-long module)
EAC002 (20)	The Return of the King, Literature 1660 - 1714	EAC300 (20)	Adapting Shakespeare
EAC016 (20)	Cruel and Unusual: Punishment on Trial in American Culture	EAC210 (20)	Better Worlds? Utopian and Dystopian Texts and Contexts
EAC440 (20)	The Modern Poet	EAC020 (20)	Diverse Voices
EAC801 (20)	Marketing and the Magazine Business	EAC314 (20)	Maps and Motors (Pre Req EAB114)
EAC808 (20)	Publishers, Authors and Readers 1700-1939	EAC701 (20)	Global America
EAC211 (20)	Building Digital Editions	EAC001 (20)	Radicals and Reactionaries: Writing Women in the 1890s
		EAC806 (20)	The Child and the Book
EAC900 (20)	Analysing Work Experience	EAC900_2 (20)	Analysing Work Experience

 

 

5. Criteria for Progression and Degree Award

5.1 In order to progress from Part A to Part B, from Part B to C, and to be eligible for the award of an Honours degree, candidates must satisfy the minimum credit requirements set out in Regulation XX

5.2 Provision will be made in accordance with Regulation XX for candidates who have the right of reassessment in any Part of the programme to undergo re-assessment in the University's special assessment period.

6. Relative Weighting of Parts of the Programme for the Purposes of Final Degree Classification

Candidates' final degree classification will be determined on the basis of their performance in degree level Module Assessments in Parts B and C, in accordance with the scheme set out in Regulation XX.  The percentage mark for each Part will be combined in the ratio Part B 40% : Part C 60% to determine the final percentage mark.