Understanding Culture

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• define, present and exemplify concepts related to selected topics and issues in cultural studies
• engage in close analysis of primary texts from a range of genres and media
• use new critical and theoretical frameworks relevant to this area of study

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• communicate your ideas in clear, concise writing
• plan and organise your learning, exercising independence and initiative
• adhere to guidelines and deadlines
• make use of research skills to locate appropriate secondary material for assessments where instructed to do so

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the role of culture in identity formation; the social and political functions of culture and criticism;
• ethical issues involved in the study of culture.
• the intellectual history of cultural criticism;
• the implications of working across cultures and across different cultural forms,
• the importance of historical and national contexts in reading cultural texts;

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.