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Undergraduate Module Descriptor

SPA3001: Debates, Issues and Practices

This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.

Module Aims

Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs)

This module's assessment will evaluate your achievement of the ILOs listed here – you will see reference to these ILO numbers in the details of the assessment for this module.

On successfully completing the programme you will be able to:
Module-Specific Skills1. demonstrate knowledge of multiple forms of research perspective as applied to a social issue, problem or debate.
2. show how their particular disciplinary interests are situated within the context of a broader inter-disciplinary environment.
3. discuss a selection of the practical issues that arise when working across disciplines.
4. discuss some of the issues raised in literature on interdisciplinarity.
Discipline-Specific Skills1. demonstrate an awareness of the disciplinarity of inter-disciplinary research (ie how knowledges and practices associated interdisciplinarity vary across disciplines).
Personal and Key Skills1. demonstrate competence in collaborating with co-workers with divergent forms of (disciplinary) expertise.
2. demonstrate competence in collaborating with co-workers with divergent forms of (disciplinary) expertise.