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Programme Specifications

Programme Specification

BA (Hons) English and Sport Science (2016 to 2018 entry)

Academic Year: 2019/20

This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if full advantage is taken of the learning opportunities that are provided.

This specification applies to delivery of the programme in the Academic Year indicated above. Prospective students reviewing this information for a later year of study should be aware that these details are subject to change as outlined in our Terms and Conditions of Study.

This specification should be read in conjunction with:

  • Summary
  • Aims
  • Learning outcomes
  • Structure
  • Progression & weighting

Programme summary

Awarding body/institution º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ
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 and Sports Science
Programme code EAUB09
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)or: an approved study at a University abroad leading to the award of the Diploma in International Studies (DIntS). The sandwich year (Part I) must be taken after satisfactory completion of Part B and before commencement of Part C.
UCAS code QC36, Q3C6
Admissions criteria

BA (Hons) - http://www.lboro.ac.uk/qc36

BA (Hons) + DPS - http://www.lboro.ac.uk/q3c6

Date at which the programme specification was published Wed, 24 Jul 2019 11:26:46 BST

1. Programme Aims

  • 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;
  • develop students’ understanding of the human responses and adaptations to sport and exercise;
  • provide an understanding of  the historical, social, political , economic and cultural diffusion, distribution and impact of sport in a multi-disciplinary way;
  • encourage students in the pursuit of sport and exercise and its enhancement, monitoring and analysis.

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

  • The English Benchmark Statement

  • Hospitality, Leisure Sport and Tourism Benchmark Statement

  • 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.

 

Sport Science

the effects of sport and exercise intervention, and being able to appraise and evaluate these effects on the individual;

the disciplines underpinning human structure and form;

the skills required to monitor, analyse, diagnose and prescribe action to enhance the learning and performance of sport in both laboratory and field settings;

the variables involved in the delivery (teaching, instructing, coaching) of enhanced sport performance;

the social, economic and political theory to explain the development and differentiation of sport in society.

3.2 Skills and other attributes

a. Subject-specific cognitive skills:

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

English

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.

 

Sport Science

the ability to identify and analyse a broad range of human and situational variables operating in sport;

the ability to consider the many factors which may have facilitative or debilitative effects upon sport performance.

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 evaluate 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 evaluate 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.

 

Sport Science

monitor and evaluate sports performance in laboratories and field settings;

undertake laboratory fieldwork efficiently and with due regard to safety and risk assessment;

plan and execute appropriate techniques and skills in the practice of sport activities.

c. Key transferable skills:

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

demonstrate advanced literacy 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 evaluate electronic resources;

demonstrate effective organisational and time-management skills.

4. Programme structure

 

 

 Part A

Compulsory Modules (total modular weight 100 credits)

Semester One (50 Credits)

 

Semester Two (50 Credits)

PSA001  Teaching and Coaching 1 (year-long 20 credit module)

PSA011 (10)

Introduction to Sport Pedagogy

PSA030 (10)

Introduction to Physical Activity and Health

PSA024 (10)

Introduction to Sociology of Sport

PSA026 (10)

Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology

EAA700 (20)

Narrative Forms and Fiction

EAA701 (20)

Literary and Critical Theories

         

 

Optional Modules In addition, students must choose 20 optional credits from the following in EITHER semester 1 OR semester 2.

Semester One

 

Semester Two

EAA102 (20)

Exploring Language and Literature (Introduction to Language)

EAA001 (20)

Introduction to Film

EAA104 (20)

Analysing Poetry: Metre, Form and Meaning (Introduction to Poetry)

EAA200 (20)

How to Do Things with Digital Texts

   

EAA003 (20)

Elephants and Engines: An Introduction to Creative Writing

    EAA011 (20) Writing in History

 

Part B  

Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each subject area across Part B.

Students can choose a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 70 credits each semester provided that a total of 120 credits are accumulated overall

Compulsory Modules (total modular weight 20 credits)

Students must choose at least one module from the four modules listed below. 

Semester One (20 Credits)

Semester Two (20 Credits)

 

EAB710 (20)

Renaissance Writings (pre-1800)

EAB711 (20)

Eighteenth-Century Literature  (pre-1800)

EAB008 (20)

Victorian Literature      (post-1800)                      

 EAB712 (20)

Modernisms                       (post-1800)

 

English Optional Modules

 

ENGLISH

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

 

Semester Two

EAB710 (20)

Renaissance Writings (if not a chosen compulsory)

EAB711 (20)

Eighteenth-Century Literature (if not a chosen compulsory)

EAB008 (20)

Victorian Literature (if not a chosen compulsory)    

EAB712 (20)

Modernisms (if not a chosen compulsory)

EAB113 (20)

Introduction to Linguistics

EAB402 (20)

Maps and Motors

(Pre Req EAA003)

EAB035 (20)

The Weird Tale

EAB715 (20)

Modern Irish Literature

EAB039 (20)

Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture

EAB018 (20)

Women's Writing in the Seventeenth Century

EAB154 (20)                                        

Chivalry from Chaucer to Shakespeare  

EAB403 (20)

Reading Animals

EAB001 (20)  

From Fan Fiction to YouTube, Navigating the Digital Sphere

EAB904 (20)

Writing for Stage and Screen

 

Sport Science Optional Modules

Students must choose a minimum of 50 credits and a maximum of 70 credits each semester. Total credits for the year must total 120 credits.

Semester One

Semester Two

PSB001 (20)

Teaching and Coaching 2 (year-long, 20 credit module)

PSB010 (20)

Sport Pedagogy 2 (year-long, 20 credit module)

PSB024 (10)

Making sense of Modern Sport

PSB002 (10)

Structural Kinesiology

PYB208 (10)

Psychological Issues and Strategies in Sport

PSB015 (10)

Sport, Ideologies and Values

PSB032 (10)

Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Health

PYB210 (10)

Principles of Exercise Psychology

 

PYB209 (10)

Group and Interpersonal Processes in Competitive Sport

 

 

 

Interdisciplinary Module Options - Semester 2

Students may choose to take one module from the following list 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 2019-2020 academic year the available modules will be:

 

Module code

Module title

 

 

EAB012

African American Culture

EAB017

America at War

 

EAB065

Psychiatric Stories: Madness in Literature and Culture

EAB401

Culture, Society and Technology

EAB713

Making it New: Modernist Avant Garde Literature, and Culture

 

 

EAB809

From Print to Digital

SAB933

Material Culture

SAB934

Fashion Theory

SAB935

Creative Dissent, Protest, Activism and Art

SAB937

Experiential Design: Body Adornments and New Technologies

SAB938

Arts Management

 

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 (DPS, non-credit bearing)

120 credits

 

OR

 

DIntS Route

 

Candidates will undertake an approved study placement at a partner institution outside the United Kingdom leading to the Diploma in International Studies.

 

Semesters 1 and 2

 

SAI002

International University Placement (DIntS, non-credit bearing)

120 credits

EUI002

Work Placement (DIntS, non-credit bearing)

120 credits

 

Participation in either a work or study placement is subject to School approval and satisfactory academic performance during Parts A and B.

 

 

Part C

There are no compulsory modules in Part C for English and Sport Science Students

Optional Modules (total modular weight 120 credits)

Students are required to take a minimum of 40 credits in each subject area, across Part C. Students can choose a minimum of 50 and a maximum of 70 credits each semester provided that 120 credits are accumulated overall.

English Optional 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 2019-2020 academic year the available modules will be:

Semester One

Semester Two

EAC009 (40)

Dissertation (year-long, 40 credit module)

   

EAC314 (20)

Maps and Motors (Pre Req EAB114)

EAC229 (20) Neo Victorianism

EAC210 (20)

Better Worlds? Utopian and Dystopian Texts and Contexts

EAC002 (20)

The Return of the King, Literature 1660 - 1714

EAC020 (20)

Diverse Voices

EAC440 (20)

The Modern Poet

EAC300 (20)

Adapting Shakespeare

EAC016 (20)

Cruel and Unusual: Punishment on trial in American Culture

EAC001 (20)

Radicals and Reactionaries: Writing Women in the 1890s

EAC801 (20)

Marketing and the Magazine Business

EAC701 (20)

Global America

EAC808 (20)

Publishers, Authors and Readers 1700-1939

EAC806 (20)

The Child and the Book

EAC211 (20) Building Digital Editions 

 

 

EAC900 (20)

Analysing Work Experience

EAC900_2 (20)

Analysing Work Experience

 

Sport Science Optional Credits

Semester One

Semester Two

PSC017 (20)

Sport Pedagogy 3

PSC032 (20)

Physical Activity and Health of Children

PSC024 (10)

Sport, the Body and Deviance

PSC018 (20)

Teaching and Coaching 3

PYC301 (10)

Psychology of Coaching and Physical Education

PSC023 (10)

Sport, Celebrity and Place

PSC035 (10)

Performance Psychology for Sporting Excellence

PSC034 (10)

Sport Psychology in Action

 

PYC302 (10)

Applied Exercise Psychology

PSC044 (10)

Global Issues in Sport

 

 

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.

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