PER4013 - Ethical Foundations

Objectives:

Assessment tasks are designed to enable students to demonstrate the Learning and Employability outcomes for the relevant level of study. Level Learning Outcomes are embedded in the assessment task(s) at that level. This enables a more integrated view of overall student performance at each level.

Content:

This module will introduce students to key/foundational concepts in the study of ethics that they can build on and use throughout their degree programme. A range of ethical theories will be critically analysed and discussed in terms of their merits and demerits for finding moral truth.

The module will also provide the opportunity for students to ask what difference faith makes to morality and whether it adds any specific content to what can be known through human reason.

The module will also provide some introductory sessions on Buddhist ethics and African ethics to show diversity in approaches to the scholarship.

This module will culminate in a two-week Professional Challenge Project or a two-week work placement. Students will have the chance to opt which path they want to take during the course of the module. Guidance regarding the options will be included in the Module Handbook and supported by briefings at the beginning of Semester 2.

Some students may be able to secure a short work placement or could engage in volunteering in a relevant sector that could also provide evidence towards the final component. Both pathways will allow students to apply their professional skills.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Lectures
Hours: 25
Intended Group Size: 30

Seminars
Hours: 25
Intended Group Size: 30

Professional Challenge Project or Work Placement
Hours: 20 (minimum)

Guided independent study
Hours: 230

Further details relating to assessment
Students will be given the opportunity to discuss their assessment in depth in the assessment clinics offered within the module structure. Students will also be given the opportunity to submit a draft plan of the assessment to the module tutor in order to gain formative feedback.

Please note that students can also negotiate the topics of their essays and presentations as long as this is discussed with the module tutor and still enables students to meet the Level Learning Outcomes.

This module will culminate in a two-week Professional Challenge Project or a two-week work placement. Students will have the chance to opt which path they want to take during the course of the module. Guidance regarding the options will be included in the Module Handbook and supported by briefings at the beginning of Semester 2.

Students do not have to pass all of the individual components with the exception of the Professional Challenge Project or Work Placement. A pass in the Professional Challenge Project will be achieved through participation in key tasks throughout the project. A pass in the work placement will include input from the employer. During the Professional Challenge Project or Placement, students will complete a Reflective Statement outlining their learning from the project /placement.

Assessment:

001 Essay; 2,500 words; end of semester 1 40%
002 Group Presentation; 15 minutes; mid semester 2 45%
003 Professional challenge or placement; 20 hours minimum; end of semester 2 professional development block 0%
004 Reflective statement; 1,500 words; end of semester 2; professional development block 15%

Fact File

Module Coordinator - Mark Godin
Level - 4
Credit Value - 30
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered - 4YL

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