Module overview
Aims and Objectives
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.
- present and debate ideas in writing, in an open minded and rigorous way.
- critically evaluate the ideas and arguments the existentialists advance.
- interpret complex texts and positions.
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.
- what it means to live in good or bad faith, to lead an authentic existence, and to be an individual.
- how the different perspectives provided by the existentialists relate to each other.
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- undertake, with adequate supervision, independent work, including identifying and using appropriate resources.
- contribute to discussion of controversial issues in a dispassionate fashion
- work effectively to deadlines.
- present ideas clearly and concisely in writing.
- take notes from talks and written materials.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 117 |
Teaching | 33 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Blackboard.
Textbooks
T Flynn (2006). Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Assessment
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Timed Assignment | 100% |
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Essay | 50% |
Essay | 50% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External