Communication and Study Skills:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Write an academic essay on a given topic.
Demonstrate the ability to comprehend, interpret and represent information obtained through research in writing.
Demonstrate ability to use secondary sources of information.
Demonstrate referencing, citing and bibliographic skills.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Demonstrate ability to summarising text to capture the content relevant to a topic of discussion.
Identify key concepts.
Conceptualise key concepts.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Demonstrate in essay form the ability to formulate an individual and well-argued position on texts read.
Collect, analyse, and organise information.
Critically evaluate information.
Analyse specific texts.
Basic Computing and Research Methods:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Identify and define the fundamental concepts in information technology.
Explain how the concepts in information technology are applied.
Use the concepts in information technology.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Create a document using a word processing programme such as Microsoft Word.
Demonstrate the ability to edit a document by aligning pages, spacing paragraphs, indenting text, and using other text features.
Demonstrate the ability to save a document in a specific location and to retrieve it.
Construct a file management system.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Demonstrate the ability to create a presentation such as Power Point.
Demonstrate the ability to select among different slide options.
Be able to insert objects into a presentation such as Power Point.
Construct a basic spreadsheet such as an Excel document.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Demonstrate the ability to access some of the search engines on the World Wide Web to retrieve specific information.
Obtaining information through different search engines, such as Yahoo, Google.
Demonstrate the ability to recognise relevant information.
Distinguish between accredited academic information and opinion pieces.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 5:
Identify and explain different basic research design methods.
Demonstrate basic ability to collect and analyse data.
Demonstrate basic ability to interpret findings.
Economics:
Microeconomics I (ECON101):
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant microeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant microeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant microeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant microeconomic models.
Macroeconomics I (ECON102):
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant macroeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant macroeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant macroeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Be able to explain tools of analysis.
Be able to solve stylized numerical problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write short essays explaining the assumptions and the workings of relevant macroeconomic models.
Microeconomics II (ECON201):
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant microeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of microeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant microeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of microeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant microeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of microeconomic models.
Macroeconomics II (ECON211):
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to identify and explain the markets considered in macroeconomic models and how these markets interact.
Be able to analyse macroeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of macroeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to distinguish between short-run and long-run issues in economics and to give an account of the characteristic problems in each.
Be able to analyse macroeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of macroeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to identify issues at stake in macroeconomic controversies.
Be able to compare and contrast macroeconomic theories.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of macroeconomic models.
International economics:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to identify key international trade flows.
Be able to identify key issues for theoretical analysis.
Be able to identify key institutional issues in international trade.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant international trade problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of international trade models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to explain the main issues in trade policy.
Be able to analyse trade policy problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining trade policy issues.
Mathematics for economists:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to formulate economic problems in mathematical terms.
Be able to solve the mathematical problems thus formulated.
Be able to interpret the mathematical answers in economic terms.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to formulate economic problems in mathematical terms.
Be able to solve the mathematical problems thus formulated.
Be able to interpret the mathematical answers in economic terms.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to formulate economic problems in mathematical terms.
Be able to solve the mathematical problems thus formulated.
Be able to interpret the mathematical answers in economic terms.
Microeconomics III (ECON301):
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant microeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of microeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant microeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of microeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant microeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of microeconomic models.
Macroeconomics III (ECON311):
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to explain issues in monetary and fiscal policy.
Be able to analyse relevant policy problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of monetary and fiscal policy.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant macroeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of macroeconomic models.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to explain the relevant theories at the intermediate level.
Be able to analyse relevant macroeconomic problems using graphical, algebraic and calculus techniques.
Be able to write essays explaining the assumptions and working of macroeconomic models.
Econometrics:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to explain which parts of statistical theory are of particular application to economics.
Be able to formulate economic measurement problems in statistical terms.
Be able to analyse resulting statistical problems in mathematical terms.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain the assumptions behind the model.
Be able to explain the workings of the model.
Be able to apply the model.
Development economics:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to use the statistical package.
Be able to represent an econometric model in the package language.
Be able to collate and interpret the results of running a model in the package.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to explain the scope of development economics.
Be able to outline the main themes in development economics since 1945.
Be able to set out the assumptions and consequences of key theories in development economics.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to identify the key changes in economic structure as an economy develops.
Be able to write essays on the theories of why these key changes take place.
Be able to give an account of controversies in the theory of economic development.
Be able to give an account of the conceptual aspects of inequality and poverty.
Be able to use the principal quantitative measures of inequality and poverty.
Be able to write essays on the explanation of inequality and poverty.
Economics of the public sector:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to identify the main reasons for government intervention in the economy.
Be able to write essays on the rationale behind each reason for government intervention.
Be able to discuss controversies concerning the role of government in the economy.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to give an account of the theoretical basis for the analysis of the incidence of taxation and government expenditure.
Be able to carry out applied exercises in public sector economics analysis.
Be able to explain the distributive effects of taxation and government expenditure.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to explain why public sector choice has its own particular set of problems.
Be able to give an account of some of the main theories of public choice.
Be able to write essays on the implications of theories of public choice.
Capstone Seminar:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Read academic texts critically, integrate and use the knowledge in written assignments.
Will avoid making relevant 'category mistakes'; will define concepts with precision and will substantiate claims and arguments.
Will summarize and critically assess key journal articles and books or chapters of books.
Will select and use study methods appropriate to their own needs and the demands of the module content.
Will display an awareness of the relationship between, and integrate, the different disciplinary approaches used in the B.Com PPE.
Will exhibit knowledge of the content of the module.
Will be able to write substantial essays setting out interdisciplinary approaches to selected problems.
Ancillary Courses:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Understand the rationale for financial reporting.
Write brief essays on the forms of financial reporting and what is involved in each.
Carry out the analyses of the financial status of entities from a set of financial reports.
Commercial Law:
Commercial Law I:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to identify the general principles of the law of contract.
Be able to apply principles to a given set of facts.
Be able to locate commercial law within the general framework of South African law.
Commercial Law II:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to identify the general principles of the law of contract.
Be able to apply principles to a given set of facts.
Be able to locate commercial law within the general framework of South African law.
Mathematics:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to write down a proof of key theorems.
Be able to solve relevant mathematical problems.
Be able to formulate economic problems in mathematical terms and to solve such formulations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to write down a proof of key theorems.
Be able to solve relevant mathematical problems.
Be able to formulate economic problems in mathematical terms and to solve such formulations.
Associared Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to write down a proof of key theorems.
Be able to solve relevant mathematical problems.
Be able to formulate economic problems in mathematical terms and to solve such formulations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Understand the package language in sufficient detail to allow the solution of mathematical problems.
Implement such solutions.
Interpret the results.
Statistics:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be able to write down the formulae for key descriptive statistics.
Be able to calculate key descriptive statistics from data sets.
Be able to interpret the results.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Be able to give an account of key definitions and theorems.
Be able to apply probability theory to stylized problems.
Be able to interpret the results of a probability analysis.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Be able to give an account of the basic approach in statistical inference and regression.
Be able to solve inference and regression problems.
Be able to interpret the results of mathematical analysis.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Be able to set up a data set for analysis by the package.
Be able to write code for a simple statistical analysis.
Be able to interpret results for an analysis carried out using the package.
Critical Thinking and Logic:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Discriminate specific deductive and inductive arguments within a given group of arguments.
Identify a range of techniques of persuasion and their implicitly suggested conclusions.
Diagram the structural relations between premises and conclusions in a range of arguments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Determine the validity of specific deductive arguments by reference to standard forms or by truth-table methods.
Determine the strength of specific inductive or analogical arguments by reference to such techniques as representative sampling or concomitant variation or by suitability of analogy.
Determine the soundness of arguments by reference to the consistency of premises and their relevance to the conclusion.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Identify typical formal and informal fallacies in a variety of texts.
Discern the use of typical methods of mis-direction such as misuse of rhetoric, emotive language, and appeal to prejudice.
Make explicit the premises and conclusions in texts from various real-life contexts that contain hidden arguments or techniques of persuasion.
Introduction to Philosophy:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Identify specific ways in which science, religion, social life and politics raise particular philosophical questions.
Express, in their own terms how personal problems in everyday life lead to philosophical questions.
Indicate how the different historical and social contexts of major philosophers influenced their systematic philosophical reflection.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Distinguish in different philosophers the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical dimensions of their writings.
Identify the core notions and distinctive methods of arguments proper to a range of philosophical fields such as philosophy of religion or the philosophy of science or the philosophy of mind.
Explain how different disciplines and sciences raise distinctive epistemological or metaphysical or ethical questions.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Demonstrate a clear grasp of the different perspectives in ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary philosophy.
Present an informed comparison between different philosophical periods.
Develop a historical appreciation of philosophical developments and an awareness of the metaphilosophical questions generated by philosophical pluralism.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Identify and re-express the arguments of a variety of major philosophers.
Read texts in terms of their argumentative structure and in light of the conceptual framework underlying the text.
Identify the philosophical positions or the particular philosophers being addressed by a text.
Formulate arguments that respond to the positions of major philosophers.
History of Philosophy I:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Identify the aspects of mythological thought that are critiqued by the Presocractics.
Analyze the different cosmologies of a range of Presocractic thinkers.
Explain the various accounts of the One and the Many put forward by the Presocractics.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Explain how Plato developed the ethical thinking of Socrates.
Explain the character of Platonism as reflected in writings such as the Republic.
Demonstrate an understanding of Aristotelian philosophy showing how it contrasts with the Platonic system.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Explain how Augustine's religious background influenced his philosophical outlook, especially his account of the person and free will.
Explain how Aquinas's theological perspective shaped his philosophical thinking, especially in relation to the metaphysics of creation and the account of the human intellect and will as well as in relation to the human virtues.
Compare and contrast the Greek understanding of philosophy with that of Augustine and Aquinas.
Philosophy of Knowledge and Reality:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Explain how the rise of skepticism at the end of the medieval period along with the rise of science provoked epistemological reflection in Descartes and others.
Compare and contrast rationalism and empiricism.
Evaluate Kant's attempt to reconcile rationalism an empiricism.
Explain and evaluate Hegel's account of the dynamic aspect in human knowing.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Show familiarity with Aquinas's account of 'insight-into-phantasm'.
Explain how contemporary Thomist such as Lonergan have developed Aquinas's account of human knowing.
Compare and contrast Thomistic accounts of human knowledge with empiricist, rationalist and idealist accounts as well as with postmodern critiques of theories of knowledge.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Show an understanding of how religion, science, and culture have affected metaphysical thinking in different periods.
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of metaphysical and anti-metaphysical positions including those of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Suarez, Kant, Hegel and Heidegger.
Explain how contemporary Thomistic metaphysics would respond to the modern and postmodern critiques of metaphysics.
History of Philosophy II:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be familiar with a variety of Renaissance writers.
Understand the range of classical philosophies which were taken up and developed by Renaissance philosophers.
Understand the critiques of medieval philosophers presented by Renaissance thinkers.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Identify the work of experimental scientists that gave rise to the empiricism of Locke and Hume.
Explain how developments in the mathematical side of science inspired the rationalist philosophy of Descartes and Leibnitz.
Explain the way in which Newtonian science influenced the idealist philosophy of Kant.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Compare and contrast the ways in which the relationship between human reason and the world of Nature was explained by such thinkers as Bacon, Descartes, Hume and Kant.
Explain the key notions of Modernity: Secularism, Naturalism, Materialism, Individualism, Autonomy, Progress.
Show familiarity with the debates between supporters and critics of the Enlightenment.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Explain how Kant continues to influence contemporary metaphysical positions.
Explain how Hegel was the point of departure for contemporary thinking about historical consciousness.
Explain how Nietzsche anticipated postmodern thinking.
Philosophy of Mind and Person:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Explain the development of notions of human worth in such thinkers as Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Hobbes, Kant and Hegel.
Explain the relationship between such notions as intrinsic dignity, extrinsic dignity, a sense of dignity, respect, self esteem.
Explain the relationship between accounts of human nature and accounts of human dignity.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Analyze and evaluate different versions of analytical behaviorism and diverse analytical accounts of personal identity.
Analyze and evaluate a range of positions in European Continental Thought relating to the philosophy of subjectivity.
Show familiarity with the debates concerning the deconstruction and reconstruction of the self.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Compare and contrast analytical, phenomenological and Thomistic accounts of the human person.
Understand the ethical implications of different accounts of the human person.
Explain how an integrated account of the human person leads to an integration of individual and relational dimensions of human dignity.
Ethics:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Define the terms 'normative ethics' and 'Metaethics'.
Identify the normative and meta-ethical elements in a range of classical ethical texts.
Explain the interrelationship between normative and meta-ethical positions.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Define basic ethical positions such as Utilitarianism, Deontology, Virtue Theory, Natural Law Theory, Personalism.
Identify the normative and meta-ethical dimensions of basic ethical positions.
Compare and contrast the main positions in ethical theory and judge their relative adequacy in terms of explaining human action.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Select and apply a variety of ethical frameworks to particular ethical situations and problems.
Distinguish factual and ethical aspects of human situations and be able to discuss the fact-value distinction.
Develop an ethical position that begins to integrate basic ethical frameworks and apply them in a balanced way to diverse moral situations.
Philosophy of Science:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Explain the shift from an Aristotelian to a Copernican perspective.
Detail the experimental and theoretical stages of investigation giving rise to Quantum Theory in physics.
Explain the experimental background and the reasoning that gave rise to genetic theory.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Distinguish between observation, theory construction and methods of verification.
Discuss the difficulties of relating observation and theory.
Differentiate and explain classical, statistical and genetic methods of inquiry.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Compare and contrast positivistic, idealistic and realist accounts of scientific knowledge.
Analyze and assess arguments concerning the status of theoretical entities.
Compare and contrast rationalistic and objectivist positions with relativistic positions in the philosophy of science.
Philosophy of Religion:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Be familiar with the religious writings of the major world religions.
Be able to explain the relationship of faith, religious experience and mystical experience.
Show a detailed knowledge of the writings of major mystics.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Critically analyze and evaluate arguments for and against the existence of God.
Explain the relationship between faith and reason and evaluate the evidential status of religious experience.
Discuss the meaningfulness of religious language.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Identify historically important cases where scientific discoveries have raised questions about religious claims.
Explain the similarities and dissimilarities between religious and scientific thinking.
Explain how contemporary scientific discoveries continue to challenge religion.
Contemporary Philosophy:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Demonstrate an understanding of the differences between analytical, phenomenological and hermeneutical, and postmodern approaches to philosophy.
Compare and contrast analytical philosophy with European Continental Philosophy.
Show evidence of understanding the difference between different traditions within Thomistic philosophy.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Demonstrate an awareness of the main Trends in African Philosophy and their relationships with African Culture.
Demonstrate an awareness of the different Traditions in Asian philosophy and their relationship to Asian cultures.
Show understanding of how African and Asian philosophies may be related to and contrasted with Western philosophy.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Explain the different ways in which philosophies may be related to the cultures they emerge from.
Explain how the structures of human consciousness lead to the generation of a variety of philosophical traditions.
Explain how the recognition of pluralism in philosophy does not necessarily lead to relativism.
Philosophy Integration Seminar:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Identify epistemological, metaphysical, ethical and social-political dimensions of a selected problem.
Explain the interplay of the different philosophical dimensions.
Develop a systematic approach to the selected problem.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Select aspects of different philosophical positions and argue for their relevance to a particular complex problem.
Critically engage a range of philosophical positions and demonstrate their limitations in relation to the problem under discussion.
Argue for a systematic treatment of the problem under discussion based on an integration of a range of philosophical positions.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Present different philosophical positions and arguments clearly and convincingly.
Develop and present their own arguments and communicate them concisely and coherently.
Respond to the presentations of other learners in a way that is both sympathetic and critical.
Introduction to Political Science:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Demonstration of critical assessment of political events in written assignments.
Application of analytical rigour to political analysis in written assignments. This will include the substantiation of all claims, and precise use of political terminology.
Integration of awareness of the historical sequence of key political events into the assessment of these events.
Ability to analyze political events under closed-book examination conditions.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to define key political concepts clearly and precisely, under closed-book examination conditions.
Ability to explain the origins and workings of key political institutions, under closed-book examination conditions.
Ability to use knowledge of these political concepts and institutions to strengthen political analysis.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Ability to provide clear summaries of arguments and empirical content in relevant (assigned and supplementary) articles and books, both in written assignments and under closed-book examination conditions.
Written assignments which demonstrate critical engagement with the arguments and empirical content of relevant articles and books.
Ability to use relevant academic texts to substantiate claims made in written assignments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of political events and institutions to support own arguments and claims.
Introduction to Global Politics:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to define and describe relevant forces clearly and with precision, under closed-book examination conditions.
Demonstration of an awareness of historical sequence in the emergence and operation of these forces.
Application of analytical rigour in the discussion of forces shaping global politics. This will include the substantiation of all claims, and precise use of relevant political terminology.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to provide clear summaries of arguments and empirical content in relevant (assigned and supplementary) articles and books, both in written assignments and under closed-book examination conditions.
Written assignments which demonstrate critical engagement with the arguments and empirical content of relevant articles and books.
Ability to use relevant academic texts to substantiate claims made in written assignments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Clear presentation of own arguments concerning global politics in essay and other written assignments.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of global political forces to support own arguments and claims.
Political Philosophy I: The foundations of modern political philosophy:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to distinguish between primary and secondary sources, and discuss relevant characteristics of each, in written assignments and in closed-book examinations.
Ability to read, understand, and to use in written assignments and examinations, the content of primary sources (in translation).
Integration of awareness of historical sequence into the assessment of original texts, both in written assignments and in closed-book examinations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to extract arguments from original texts (in translation), and to explain these arguments with clarity and precision, in both written assignments and under closed-book examination conditions.
Ability to present a critical analysis of these arguments. This will include the precise use of terminology, and an awareness of historical context and sequence.
Ability to integrate material drawn from other academic readings into the assessment of arguments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Clear presentation of alternative arguments present in the political philosophy literature, and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses.
International Relations I:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to accurately summarize and critically assess key journal articles and books or chapters of books in the area of international relations.
Ability to answer questions about key works, or drawing on knowledge of these works, in a closed-book examination situation.
Ability to use relevant literature to substantiate claims and support arguments in written assignments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to explain the natures and working of relevant institutions and treaties with clarity and precision, in both written assignments and examinations.
Ability to critically assess the natures and working of these institutions and treaties.
Awareness of historical sequence of international institutions and treaties, along with knowledge of relevant geographical information.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of international treaties and institutions to support own arguments and claims.
South African Government and Politics: an Introduction:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to describe the key forces that have shaped South African politics, in both written assignments and examinations.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts to substantiate claims about the forces that have shaped South African politics, in written assignments and examinations.
Demonstration of awareness of South African historical sequence and relevant geographical information, in written assignments and examinations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to describe the processes and conflicts that led to democracy in South Africa. This description must demonstrate an understanding of historical sequence and relevant geographical information.
Ability to explain clearly the structure and content of the South African Constitution.
Ability to analyse the South African constitution, and South African democracy, critically and rigorously. This will include the ability to use relevant academic tests to substantiate claims and assertions in written assignments and examinations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Ability to read, understand and clearly summarize academic literature in comparative politics that makes use of South Africa as a case study.
Ability to use knowledge of the South African political system, political events, historical sequence and geography to assess academic literature in comparative politics that makes use of South Africa as a case study.
Ability to compare and contrast South African political systems and events with political systems and events in other countries, using academic literature to substantiate claims.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts and empirical material to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of South African politics to support own arguments and claims.
The Politics and Government of the United States of America and a Selected South American Country:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to define concepts, political and methodological, central to comparative political analysis with clarity and precision, under closed-book examination conditions.
Ability to critically assess academic texts in the area of comparative political analysis, drawing on an understanding of the basic principles and methodological approaches of comparative political analysis.
Ability to make use of these concepts and principles to substantiate claims and arguments in written assignments and in examinations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to clearly describe the political systems and social contexts of the two countries covered in the module, under closed-book examination conditions.
Demonstration of awareness of the historical sequence of political events in the two countries.
Demonstration of awareness of relevant geographical and regional information.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Demonstration of a clear knowledge of historical sequence for the two countries covered by the module.
Ability to read and provide clear summaries of texts in comparative political analysis which deal specifically with the effects of different historical trajectories in the development of contemporary national political systems.
Ability to apply these texts to analysis of the two countries covered by the module, in written assignments and examinations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Ability to extract arguments from relevant academic texts, and provide a clear and accurate summary of these.
Ability to provide a clear summary of the empirical content of relevant academic works, including relevant information on sources of information and methodological approaches.
Ability to assess these arguments and accompanying empirical content rigorously, drawing on knowledge of the politics of these countries, and substantiating claims with references to appropriate sources of information.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 5:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts and empirical material to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of the politics of the two countries covered by the module to support own arguments and claims.
International Relations II:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to provide clear summaries of arguments and empirical content in relevant (assigned and supplementary) articles and books, both in written assignments and under closed-book examination conditions.
Written assignments which demonstrate critical engagement with the arguments and empirical content of relevant articles and books.
Ability to use relevant academic texts to substantiate claims made in written assignments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts and empirical material to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of international relations theory and institutions to support own arguments and claims.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Ability to identify and locate relevant academic literature, beyond that assigned in the module.
Ability to read, understand and summarize the literature identified, and to explain clearly its relevance to the module.
Ability to use the literature identified to substantiate claims and arguments in written assignments, and in the assessment of other literature.
Political Philosophy II: The Enlightenment to the Twenty-first Century:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Demonstration of an understanding of the key theoretical concepts of 'modernity', 'enlightenment', 'post-modernity', liberalism, and socialism, in written assignments and examinations.
Ability to read, understand, and use the content of primary sources (in translation), and to distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
Written assignments which demonstrate critical engagement with the relevant primary sources and academic texts and arguments at a high level of theoretical abstraction.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Familiarity with key works in the field, including the ability to provide clear, precise summaries of key arguments and contributions.
Ability to engage critically with these works in written assignments and examinations. This includes the careful and precise use of terminology, and the substantiation of all claims and assertions.
Evidence of clear, logical thought and reasoning in written assignments and examinations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Demonstration of clear understanding of the historical sequence of the articulation of these concepts in written assignments and examinations.
Ability to describe the particular historical contexts in which the key concepts of 'modernity', 'enlightenment', 'post-modernity', liberalism, and socialism emerged and were articulated, under closed-book examination conditions.
Ability to critically discuss the implications of historical contexts for the political thoughts articulated, and to draw on knowledge of historical context in the assessment of political thought, in written assignments and examinations.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant original texts (in translation) and the broader academic literature to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of political thought, political concepts and political philosophy to support own arguments and claims.
Analytical approaches to 'political economics':
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to accurately summarize and critically assess texts in the field of political economics in written assignments and examinations.
Ability to both differentiate between, and integrate quantitative and qualitative (narrative) approaches to political economics.
Ability to answer questions about key works, or drawing on knowledge of these works, in a closed-book examination situation.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to provide clear summaries of arguments and empirical content in relevant (assigned and supplementary) articles and books, both in written assignments and under closed-book examination conditions.
Written assignments which demonstrate critical engagement with the arguments and empirical content of relevant articles and books.
Ability to use relevant academic texts to substantiate claims made in written assignments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts and empirical material to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of political economics, including knowledge of particular cases, to support own arguments and claims.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Ability to identify and locate relevant academic literature, beyond that assigned in the module.
Ability to read, understand and summarize the literature identified, and to explain clearly its relevance to the module.
Ability to use the literature identified to substantiate claims and arguments in written assignments, and in the assessment of other literature.
A world of regions:
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 1:
Ability to describe, clearly and precisely, in written assignments and examinations, regional forces relevant to the regions covered by the module.
Demonstration of an awareness of historical sequence in the emergence and operation of these forces.
Application of analytical rigour to the discussion of the importance of regional forces to contemporary global politics. This will include the substantiation of all claims, and the appropriate use of political terminology and theory.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 2:
Ability to explain the natures and working of specific regional institutions with clarity and precision, in both written assignments and examinations.
Ability to critically assess the natures and working of these institutions, drawing on political theory and academic texts where appropriate.
Awareness of the historical sequence of these regional institutions, along with knowledge of relevant geographical information.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 3:
Ability to clearly describe the political economies, and other features including political systems and social contexts, of the three regions covered in the module, under closed-book examination conditions.
Demonstration of awareness of the historical sequence of political events and changes in the political economies and other features of the three regions covered in the module.
Demonstration of awareness of relevant geographical, country-specific, and global information necessary to the analysis of the political economies and other features of these regions.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 4:
Ability to provide clear summaries of arguments and empirical content in relevant (assigned and supplementary) articles and books, both in written assignments and under closed-book examination conditions.
Written assignments which demonstrate critical engagement with the arguments and empirical content of relevant articles and books.
Ability to use relevant academic texts to substantiate claims made in written assignments.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Outcome 5:
Clear presentation of own arguments in essay and other written assignment.
Ability to draw on relevant academic texts and empirical material to substantiate own arguments and claims.
Ability to draw on knowledge of regional politics, regional forces, and specific regions to support own arguments and claims.
Integrated Assessment:
Integrated assessment is aimed at evaluating foundational, reflexive and practical competence of the learner.
Overall competence is shown when there is evidence that the learner:
Demonstrates an understanding of the interrelationship between different areas of economics, politics and philosophy in relation to a particular theme or question.
Demonstrates an understanding of the contemporary 'tragedy of the commons'; living with the consequences of 'our industrial revolution'; the oceans, air and 'common pool resources'.
Is able to argue the congruence and dissonance between economic and philosophical conceptions of rationality.
Is able to produce assignments that are well-focused, carefully structured, presented in suitable format and contain originality of thought.
Is confident in the use of research skills appropriate to Economics, Politics and Philosophy.
Is able to contribute to local, regional or national contexts by applying interdisciplinary concepts, principles and methods to managing specific societal situations.
Is able to provide leadership within the fields of economics, politics and philosophy and analysis through the development of careful, critical and responsible thinking. |
