Undergraduate Course: The Novels of Jane Austen (LLLG07014)

Course Outline
School	School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This is a for-credit course offered by the Office of Lifelong Learning (OLL); only students registered with OLL should be enrolled. Jane Austen has become a canonical figure within literature and a much loved author by the reading public, the literary critics and many filmmakers. However, this has allowed for a specific, almost standardised żreadingż of her characters and even Austen herself. Join this class to discuss all six of her novels, challenge established views and discover what makes them so enduring.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: 16
Course Start	Lifelong Learning - Session 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 78 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Open Studies 10 credit courses have one assessment. Normally, the assessment is a 2000 word essay, worth 100% of the total mark, submitted by week 12. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 40%. There are a small number of exceptions to this model which are identified in the Studying for Credit Guide.
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Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course, students should be able to: ż go beyond immediate opinions about Austenżs novels to the production of well-informed and supported arguments; ż critically assess the importance of recurring themes within the novels; ż explain the importance of a historical and cultural context regarding the novels and on the way they influence oneżs reading; ż compare and contrast Austenżs literary practice from the first to the last novel.