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Honours (BA (Hons)) To be delivered from: Level Date Level 1 or Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) 2018-19

1 Programme Specification Title: American Studies Final Award: Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) With Exit Awards at: Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) To be delivered from: Level Date Level 1 or Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Level 2 or Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) Level 3 or Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) Page 1/21

2 Table Of Contents 1. Introduction Basic Programme Data Programme Description Overview Aims and Objectives Variations to Standard Regulations and Guidance Programme Outcomes Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategies Learning and Teaching Strategy Assessment Strategy Programme Structure... 8 Appendix I - Curriculum Map Appendix II - Assessment Map Appendix III - Benchmark Analysis Appendix IV - Benchmark Statements(s) Page 2/21

3 1. Introduction This document describes one of the University of Lincoln's programmes using the protocols required by the UK National Qualifications Framework as defined in the publication QAA guidelines for preparing programme specifications. This programme operates under the policy and regulatory frameworks of the University of Lincoln. Page 3/21

4 2. Basic Programme Data Final Award: Programme Title: Exit Awards and Titles Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) American Studies Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) Subject(s) American Studies Mode(s) of delivery Full Time Is there a Placement or Exchange? UCAS code Awarding Body Campus(es) School(s) Programme Leader Relevant Subject Benchmark Statements Professional, Statutory or Regulatory Body Accreditation T700 University of Lincoln Lincoln Campus Programme Start Date School of History and Heritage Jamie Wood (jwood) Page 4/21

5 3. Programme Description 3.1 Overview 3.2 Aims and Objectives 3.3 Variations to Standard Regulations and Guidance Page 5/21

6 4. Programme Outcomes Programme-level learning outcomes are identified below. Refer to Appendix I Curriculum Map for details of how outcomes are deployed across the programme. For details of each module contributing to the programme, please consult the module specification document. Page 6/21

7 5. Learning, Teaching and Assessment Strategies 5.1. Learning and Teaching Strategy 5.2. Assessment Strategy Page 7/21

8 6. Programme Structure The total number of credit points required for the achievement of Certificate of Higher Education (CertHE) is 120. The total number of credit points required for the achievement of Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) is 240. The total number of credit points required for the achievement of Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) is 360. Level 1 Title Credit Rating Core / Optional Making Americans Optional Film and TV History Optional Level 2 Title Credit Rating Core / Optional American Literature I Optional American Literature II Optional The Musical Optional Hollywood Musical Optional After The End: Reading the Apocalypse Optional Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War Optional Media, Controversy and Moral Panic Optional Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World Optional The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century Optional Level 3 Title Credit Rating Core / Optional Madness, The Body, Literature 15 Optional American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to the Present Day 15 Optional Southern Accents 15 Optional A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature 15 Optional Moving Home: Literatures of American Migration 15 Optional The New Hollywood : from The Graduate to Star Wars 15 Optional and beyond... Hollywood cinema in the 1980s 15 Optional Science Fiction in Film and Television 15 Optional Heroes and Villains in Film 15 Optional Exploitation Cinema 15 Optional From Revolution to New Republic: The United States Optional American Dreams, American Nightmares: The Fiction of American 15 Optional History, Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation 15 Optional Page 8/21

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10 Appendix I - Curriculum Map This table indicates which modules assume responsibility for delivering and ordering particular programme learning outcomes. Key: Delivered and Assessed Delivered Assessed Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Page 10/21

11 Appendix II - Assessment Map This table indicates the spread of assessment activity across the programme. Percentages indicate assessment weighting. Level Film and TV History Making Americans Film and TV History Making Americans Film and TV History Making Americans Film and TV History Making Americans Film and TV History Making Americans EP 1 (Wk 16) EP 2 (Wks 33, 34, 35) Level 2 Page 11/21

12 After The End: Reading the Apocalypse American Literature I American Literature II Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War Hollywood Musical Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World Media, Controversy and Moral Panic The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century The Musical After The End: Reading the Apocalypse American Literature I American Literature II Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War Hollywood Musical Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World Media, Controversy and Moral Panic The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century The Musical After The End: Reading the Apocalypse Page 12/21

13 American Literature I American Literature II Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War Hollywood Musical Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World Media, Controversy and Moral Panic The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century The Musical After The End: Reading the Apocalypse American Literature I American Literature II Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War Hollywood Musical Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World Media, Controversy and Moral Panic The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century The Musical After The End: Reading the Apocalypse EP 1 (Wk 16) EP 2 (Wks 33, 34, 35) Page 13/21

14 American Literature I American Literature II Grand Expectations? America during the Cold War Hollywood Musical Imperial Cities of the Early Modern World Media, Controversy and Moral Panic The Age of Improvement: the Atlantic World in the long eighteenth century The Musical Level A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to 15 the Present Day American Dreams, American Nightmares: The Fiction of American History, Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation Exploitation Cinema From Revolution to New Republic: The United States Heroes and Villains in Film Hollywood cinema in the 1980s Madness, The Body, Literature 100 Moving Home: Literatures of American Migration Science Fiction in Film and Television Page 14/21

15 Southern Accents The New Hollywood : from The Graduate to Star Wars and beyond... A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to 85 the Present Day American Dreams, American Nightmares: The Fiction of American History, Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation Exploitation Cinema From Revolution to New Republic: The United States Heroes and Villains in Film 100 Hollywood cinema in the 1980s Madness, The Body, Literature Moving Home: Literatures of American Migration Science Fiction in Film and Television 100 Southern Accents 100 The New Hollywood : from The Graduate to Star Wars and beyond... A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature Page 15/21

16 American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to the Present Day American Dreams, American Nightmares: The Fiction of American History, Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation Exploitation Cinema 100 From Revolution to New Republic: The United States Heroes and Villains in Film Hollywood cinema in the 1980s Madness, The Body, Literature Moving Home: Literatures of American Migration Science Fiction in Film and Television Southern Accents The New Hollywood : from The Graduate to Star Wars and beyond A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to the Present Day American Dreams, American Nightmares: The Fiction of American History, Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation Page 16/21

17 Exploitation Cinema From Revolution to New Republic: The United States Heroes and Villains in Film Hollywood cinema in the 1980s Madness, The Body, Literature Moving Home: Literatures of American Migration Science Fiction in Film and Television Southern Accents The New Hollywood : from The Graduate to Star Wars and beyond EP 1 (Wk 16) A Dream Deferred: Class in American Literature American Detective Fiction and Film: 1930 to the Present Day American Dreams, American Nightmares: The Fiction of American History, Early Modern Cultural and Artistic Encounters: Hybridity and Globalisation Exploitation Cinema From Revolution to New Republic: The United States Heroes and Villains in Film Hollywood cinema in the 1980s 100 Madness, The Body, Literature Moving Home: Literatures of American Migration Science Fiction in Film and Television Southern Accents The New Hollywood : from The Graduate to Star Wars and beyond... EP 2 (Wks 33, 34, 35) Page 17/21

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19 Appendix III - Benchmark Analysis This table maps programme learning outcomes to relevant QAA subject benchmark statements or PSRB guidelines. Page 19/21

20 Appendix IV: Benchmark Benchmark Statement(s) Page 20/21

21 Powered by TCPDF ( University of Lincoln Programme Specification - Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BA (Hons)) American Studies AREA01 - Demonstrate knowledge of the area, its history, culture, environment, and society, as defined by the programme provider. AREA02 - Demonstrate understanding of the area in its wider geographical context, through comparison with other geographical areas (including the entire globe), and with reference to transnational links connecting the area to other parts of the world. AREA03 - Demonstrate awareness of relevant vocabulary and of contributory disciplines and theories. AREA04 - Describe concepts from different disciplines and/or interdisciplinary approaches as a means of understanding the area. AREA05 - Demonstrate awareness of a diverse range of relevant information and research resources. AREA06 - Where relevant, demonstrate knowledge of a language as required by the degree programme concerned. AREA07 - Critically analyse and demonstrate detailed knowledge of the area, its history, culture, environment and society as defined by the programme provider. AREA08 - Demonstrate understanding of the area in its wider geographical context, through comparison with other geographical areas (including the entire globe), and with reference to transnational links connecting the area to other parts of the world. AREA09 - Demonstrate awareness and critical understanding of relevant vocabulary of contributory disciplines and critical theories, and the capacity to assess and and compare the merits of contrasting approaches. AREA10 - Describe, differentiate and compare concepts from different disciplines and/or interdisciplinary approaches as a means of understanding the area. AREA11 - Demonstrate awareness of, and ability to use, evaluate and compare a diverse range of relevant information and research resources. AREA12 - Where relevant, demonstrate knowledge of a language as required by the degree programme concerned and apply linguistic skills effectively at an appropriate level. Page 21/21

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