University of St Andrews

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Not available as an optional module for any other programme, except with the Permission of the Head of School.

Planned timetable: -To be confirmed

This module exposes students to a multiplicity of forms and themes, with an emphasis on the practice of close reading. After some preliminary instruction, the majority of class time is devoted to communal acts of close reading, which seek to foster habits of sustained aesthetic attention and to enhance analytical skills. The particular works studied in the module vary from semester to semester and are determined by the disciplinary specialism of the course tutor.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 3-hour seminar (x10 weeks)

Scheduled learning hours: 33

Guided independent study hours: 270

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: Coursework = 60%, 3-hour Written Examination = 40%

As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 50%
Practical examinations : 10%
Coursework: 40%

Re-assessment: Where a student fails the assessment for a taught module, one or more such components of coursework originally graded at less than 7 may be revised and resubmitted. The weighted-mean grade for reassessed components will be added to the weighted-mean grade for original (i.e first) submission-components. This new overall grade will be capped at 7.

Personnel

Module coordinator: Professor J Wolfe
Module teaching staff: Professor J Wolfe and Dr G Corbett