Existentialism and its Origins

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• compare and contrast different views on the issues the module concern.
• interpret complex texts and positions.
• critically evaluate the ideas and arguments the existentialists advance.
• present and debate ideas in writing, in an open minded and rigorous way.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• contribute to discussion of controversial issues in a dispassionate fashion
• present ideas clearly and concisely in writing.
• work effectively to deadlines.
• undertake, with adequate supervision, independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources.
• take notes from talks and written materials.

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• some of the central themes in the work of existentialist thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Heidegger.
• how the different perspectives provided by the existentialists relate to each other.
• what it means to live in good or bad faith, to lead an authentic existence, and to be an individual.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Essay proposal

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: appropriate feedback will be provided.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No
• Percentage contribution: 100%

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.