- Overview
- Module description
Being Human in the Modern World (LIB1105)
Staff | Dr Michael Flexer - Convenor |
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Credit Value | 30 |
ECTS Value | 15 |
NQF Level | 4 |
Pre-requisites | None |
Co-requisites | None |
Duration of Module | Term 1: 11 weeks; Term 2: 11 weeks; |
Module aims
This core module will:
- introduce the approaches and methodologies of liberal arts
- prepare you for further work in the humanities and social sciences in subsequent years
- initiate the development of critical and creative abilities with which to reflect on local, national and global contexts and challenges
ILO: Module-specific skills
- 1. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the key concerns in constructions of identities and cultures
- 2. Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which constructions of identities and cultures involve complex intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, ability, religion, politics, economics, and embodiment
- 3. Show the ability to engage inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary approaches in academic study
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
- 4. Demonstrate a basic ability to interrelate images, texts and/or discourses specific to one discipline with issues in the wider context of cultural and intellectual history
- 5. Demonstrate skills in the analysis of literary, material, artefactual, digital and visual materials and qualitative and/or quantitative research methodologies
- 6. Demonstrate an ability to effectively and persuasively convey knowledge, argument and analysis in a variety of written forms
ILO: Personal and key skills
- 7. Demonstrate basic communication skills and an ability to work both individually and in groups through seminar discussions
- 8. Show appropriate research and bibliographic skills; develop a basic capacity to construct a coherent, substantiated argument, and a capacity to write clear and correct prose in the format of an essay
- 9. Show a basic proficiency in information retrieval and analysis, an advanced capacity to make critical use of secondary material, to question assumptions, and to reflect on your own learning process, through research for seminars and essays
- 10. Engage sensitively and respectfully with views, identities and beliefs which may not be your own
Syllabus plan
Whilst the content may vary from year to year, it is envisioned that it will cover some or all of the following topics:
- What is ‘Liberal Arts’?
- Interdisciplinarity
- Identities and Cultures in Social-Scientific and Humanities Perspectives
- Identities and Cultures constructed through narrative, time, space, experience and encounters
- Bodies, Gender, Sex, and Identity
- Migration, Diapora, and Identities in a Globalising World
- Politics, Religion, and Conflict
- Semiotics
- Place, Memory and Identity
- Beliefs, Ethics and Activism
- Race and Racism Past and Present
- Climate Change and Sustainable Futures
- Food, Famine and Feast
- Philosophy of Science
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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67 | 233 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 33 | Lecture/Class (22 x 1.5 hours) |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 33 | Seminar (22 x 1.5 hour) |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching | 1 | [Group] tutorial for written assessments (2 x 30 minutes) |
Guided Independent Study | 233 | Independent Study |
Formative assessment
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Formative Essay | 1000 words | 1-10 | Feedback sheet with opportunity for follow-up in office hours. |
Podcast or vlog | 5 minutes | 1-10 | Feedback sheet with opportunity for follow-up in office hours. |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Essay 1 | 30 | 2000 words | 1-10 | Feedback sheet with opportunity for follow-up tutorial |
Podcast (in pairs) | 20 | 1000 words | 1-10 | Feedback sheet with opportunity for follow-up tutorial |
Essay 2 | 40 | 2500 words | 1-10 | Feedback sheet with opportunity for follow-up tutorial |
Class participation Term 1 | 5 | Ongoing | 1-7, 9 and 10 | Numerical mark |
Class participation Term 2 | 5 | Ongoing | 1-7, 9 and 10 | Numerical mark |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Essay 1 (2000 words) | Essay 1 (2000 words) | 1-10 | Referral/deferral period |
Podcast (in pairs 1000 words) | Podcast (individual) (500 words) | 1-10 | Referral/deferral period |
Essay 2 (2500 words) | Essay 2 (2500 words) | 1-10 | Referral/deferral period |
Class participation | Repeat study/mitigation | 1-7, 9 and 10 | Referral/deferral period |
Re-assessment notes
Deferral – if you miss an assessment for certificated reasons judged acceptable by the Mitigation Committee, you will normally be either deferred in the assessment or an extension may be granted. The mark given for a re-assessment taken as a result of deferral will not be capped and will be treated as it would be if it were your first attempt at the assessment.
Referral – if you have failed the module overall (i.e. a final overall module mark of less than 40%) you will be required to submit a further assessment as necessary. If you are successful on referral, your overall module mark will be capped at 40%.
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
- Elliot, A., (ed), Routledge Handbook of Identity Studies (London: Routledge, 2011)
- Garrett, M., Gottfried, H. and VanBurkleo, S., Remapping the Humanities: Identity, Community, Memory, (Post)modernity (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2008)
- Jenkins, R., Social Identity 3d ed. (London: Routledge, 2008)
- Laff, N. S., (ed), Identity, Learning, and the Liberal Arts (Jossey-Bass, 2005)
- Stets J. E. and Serpe, R. T., (eds), New Directions in Identity Theory and Research (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2016)
Module has an active ELE page?
Yes
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
Available as distance learning?
No
Origin date
01/10/2016
Last revision date
05/07/2023
Key words search
Liberal Arts