EN2SAY: Study Abroad Year

Module code: EN2SAY

Module provider: English Literature; School of Humanities

Credits: 120

Level: Level 2 (Intermediate)

When you'll be taught: Semester 1 / 2

Module convenor: Dr Mary Morrissey, email: m.e.morrissey@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s): This module can be taken with permission of the Study Abroad Office, the Study Abroad Coordinator in English Literature and the DTL for English Literature (Open)

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded: IN TAKING THIS MODULE YOU CANNOT TAKE EN2SOC1 OR TAKE EN2SOC2 OR TAKE EN2SOC3 OR TAKE EN2SOC4 OR TAKE EN2SOC6 OR TAKE EN2SSA1 OR TAKE EN2SSA2 (Compulsory)

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 5 August 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

The aim of the study abroad year is to increase students’ skills and knowledge in literature while enabling them to broaden their cultural experience by studying in a different institution and a different country. By the end of the module, students will have studied on several courses at their chosen host university, selected in consultation with the Study Abroad coordinator. Students may also undertake independent study in the host country (such as but not limited to language study). The module encourages students to be more self-reliant and gives them an opportunity to broaden their education through travelling and studying abroad and to experience the life and culture of another country.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Undertake autonomous learning, enquiry and research
2. Make sound judgments on complex and culturally sensitive issues, and communicate them in an appropriate and effective manner
3. Demonstrate personal commitment, intercultural competence, and international engagement in public discourse
4. Value personal, social, civic, and global perspectives, looking beyond any immediate task or question to its wider contexts

Module content

Students will choose from a range of courses offered by the host university in consultation with the Study Abroad coordinator and as agreed by both institutions. Students will follow courses relating to subject areas they have already taken - in order to extend and develop their knowledge - and/or to subject areas where they have restricted knowledge but which they wish to study for personal, academic or career reasons.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

This will vary depending on the host institution.

Study hours

This module is a placement or study abroad module and therefore the teaching and learning activities will predominantly, or entirely, take place away from the University of Reading. Your host organisation will normally advise you of the associated hours of your placement or year abroad. If the module includes any in-person activities at the University of Reading, these will be confirmed to you before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

The marks that students achieve at their host university will be brought back with them to the University of Reading. After translation in accordance with the agreed formula, the marks will be applied to this module and, if applicable, used in the calculation of progression and/or the overall classification.           

If the Year Abroad is not successfully completed, the student will transfer to the equivalent programme without a Study Abroad Year.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Reassessment

Additional costs