Directed Reading (Distance Learning – 40 credits)

Code

THEO4141

School

Philosophy

Level

4

Credits

40

Semesters

Full Year UK

Summary

A student in conjunction with an appropriate supervisor will pursue a plan of guided reading. The area must normally be different from any of those covered by other Distance Learning MA modules, and also distinct from the area of the student's dissertation. 

Target Students

Only available to postgraduate students in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Classes

Six tutorials over the course of the year.

Assessment

• 50% Essay: 3000-4000 word essay
• 50% Essay 2: 3000-4000 word essay

Assessed by end of designated period

Learning Outcomes

a) Knowledge and understanding

• These will vary depending on the area in which the directed reading is undertaken. 

b) Intellectual skills 

• Able to engage in significant independent work in a systematic manner. 

• Able to present the results of reading and reflection in written form. 

• Able to plan a distinct course of independent study with long-term goals in mind. 

c) Professional practical skills 

• Able to make discriminating use of a range of library and information resources in order to identify appropriate source material, compile bibliographies, inform research.

• Able to show independence of thought, and critical self-awareness about one's own beliefs and commitments.

• Able to communicate ideas, arguments, principles, theories and develop sophisticated argument. 

d) Transferable (key) skills 

• Able to exercise initiative and personal responsibility. 

• Able to engage in independent learning. 

• Able to communicate effectively in writing. 

• Able to engage in significant independent work in a systematic manner. 

• Able to present the results of reading and reflection in written form.

• Able to plan a distinct course of independent study with long-term goals in mind. 

Conveners

• Dr Michael Burdett