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Undergraduate Handbook 2005-2006 (archived)
Module EUSS7993: EUROPEAN STUDIES YEAR ABROAD
Department: EUROPEAN STUDIES
EUSS7993: EUROPEAN STUDIES YEAR ABROAD
| Type | Level | Credits | Availability | Module Cap | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 3 | 120 | Available in 2005/2006 | None. | Queen's Campus, Stockton |
Pre-requisites
- Students must be in good academic standing.
Corequisites
- Modules chosen from the host university.
Excluded Combinations
- None.
Aims
- To provide students with a good understanding of some aspects of the contemporary culture of another European country and to enrich their understanding of Europe through the living out of a comparison between two of its national cultures.
- to allow students a period of extensive study, alongside 'home' students, in the language that they are studying.
- to extend and improve students' formal and colloquial linguistic competence.
- to enable students to compare the treatment of European history and/or culture and/or politics as presented from two different national standpoints.
Content
- With the exception of the portfolio, the module content is determined by the content of the modules provided by the French, German or Spanish university.
Learning Outcomes
Subject-specific Knowledge
- By the end of the course students will have: become fluent in their language of study, to a level approaching that of a native speaker.
- have begun to consider their dissertation topics and will have carried out a preliminary survey of the resources available to them in their language of study.
- built up a body of personal and documented experience enabling them to demonstrate both multiple perspectives upon the country concerned and comparative perspectives upon aspects of European society.
Subject-specific Skills
Key Skills
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module
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Teaching Methods and Learning Hours
| Activity | Number | Frequency | Duration | Total Hours | Attendance Monitored |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 0 | ||||
Summative Assessment
| Component | Component Weighting | Element | Length/Duration | Element Weighting | Resit Opportunity |
|---|
Formative Assessment
-
Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods
and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative
assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress
procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be
required to leave the University.