Intellectual Skills
The development of the appropriate skills for intellectual enquiry
takes place throughout the degree. To introduce students to the
accepted skills levels for higher education, and to the methodology
of learning through seminars, we offer year 1 students the First-Year Seminar series.
Based on a model common in American colleges, these seminars
use selected readings which relate to the major curricular themes
of the BA programme. Students meet on a regular basis with a tutor
to discuss the readings and to relate these to their other studies
within the year 1 programme. Tutors guide students to develop
their attention to reading and analysis of argument; their analytical
thinking; their library and investigative skills; and their utilization
of discussion, dialogue and conversation as learning methodologies.
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