Student Handbook - The School of Language, Linguistics and Film

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Sunday and bank holidays are not working days) during the teaching and examination terms. • Staff and students will reply to emails within three working days of receipt during the teaching and examination terms. • If the query is a complex one that can’t be dealt with within three days then staff and students must acknowledge receipt of the email and give an estimated time in which a response will be likely. • If absent from College for longer than three days staff and students should set an ‘autoreply’ message and where appropriate give contact details for someone who can deal with queries on their behalf. • Emails should not be used to find out information that is readily available in the student handbook and/or university web pages (you must search first, email second). • Emails should be written in a suitable and polite register and should not use slang or informal abbreviations. • Involved and complicated queries are often best dealt with face to face in office hours and a member of staff may suggest that you come to see them rather than respond by email. Your Queen Mary ID card You will receive a photo-ID card upon enrolment. This card is very important, and must be carried at all times on campus. If you do not produce this card upon request and satisfy staff that it is your card through comparison of your face and the photograph, you may be removed from the building, or from campus. The card shows your Student Number. You must take your card into all examinations, and display it on your table for inspection. You will also need to copy the Student Number onto your paper. The card also serves as your library card, and as an access card for certain buildings. Many buildings have security points at which you must show your card, and others require you to scan your card to release the doors. Students in the School have card access to the rear and side doors of the Arts One Building from 8 am – 6 pm Monday to Friday. It is vital that you keep your card safe and with you at all times on campus. If you lose your card, or if your card is stolen, you should contact the Registry, who will be able to help you. A fee may be charged to replace lost ID Cards. 2. UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES At Queen Mary, you can study towards a wide variety of degrees. You may also have a lot of choice within particular subjects. There are core and compulsory theoretical modules which must be taken in all of our degrees, and in any language degree there is an obligatory core of language studies. The remainder of the curriculum is made up of optional modules in film, cultural studies, literature, and linguistics. This structure is called ‘modular’. If you find that your academic interests change, you can sometimes change your programme in the course of your studies, provided that you meet the core requirements of the new programme. We would encourage you to use your choices to extend your range of knowledge and skills. Do not be afraid of subjects you may not have studied at school, and do not think that a language-based module is aimed simply at improving your language skills. To study literature or film at university is to learn to read books or watch films with care, to think about the picture of the world they give, the reactions they provoke, the ideas they convey or 10
challenge, the way in which they throw light on a society’s culture and history. It also means learning what is specific to the medium: to understand the various visual ‘languages’ employed in cinema or the various forms of writing that can be found in novels, plays, philosophical works, and so on. To study linguistics is to understand how language in general, and particular languages, actually work, as distinct from using them in practice: how languages have changed and are changing over time, how the study of language gives an insight into culture, society, the workings of the human mind. These subjects can all be difficult, but they are not mysterious, and all of them will help you develop your skills of analysis and self-expression in ways that will benefit your career, even if you work in a completely different area. In making your choice of modules, you have to take account of the requirements of the degree programme you are registered for, and of academic coherence (i.e. the different subjects you study should have some kind of relation to one another). You have an Adviser to help you make appropriate choices. You are expected to attend all classes, and to pursue your studies outside class during term and vacations. If you have to take a paid job, remember that you are still registered as a fulltime student, and must give your studies precedence. The above is a broad introduction, to give you a general idea of what is involved in your degree. But you will need more precise information, which is given below. 2.1 PLANNING YOUR DEGREE Queen Mary Academic Credit Framework (“QMACF”) The College operates under its Academic Credit Framework, which is in line with national norms. The QMACF ensures that your degree is easily recognisable worldwide by reference to the National Qualifications Framework, as set out by the UK’s Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. In the College’s terminology your overall degree (e.g. Film Studies; French and Linguistics; Hispanic Studies with Business Management) is called a ‘programme of study’. A specific element of study (e.g. French Feminist Theories; Spanish Cinema;) is a ‘module’. Each module is run by a ‘Module Organiser’, who is the member of staff responsible for all aspects of the module. In many cases, this will also be the sole teacher of the module, but some modules may involve more than one teacher. The Module Organiser is named in the Directory of Modules, and is the person to approach in case of any queries about the module. Each module has a weight or ‘credit’ value attached to it, which is a multiple of 15. Students choose combinations of modules up to the required value of 120 credits per year. There is a programme specification for each programme of study which will inform you of the requirements you must meet in order to qualify for a degree in a particular subject. These are on the website at http://www.sllf.qmul.ac.uk/undergraduate/programme_regulations.html Of the modules available, most are valued at 15 credits. These generally run for one semester and require a quarter of your time for that semester. (Note that only a part of this time will be spent in classes; most of it will be spent on self-directed study.) Some modules are valued at 30 credits. Generally, these last all year and require a quarter of your time during each semester. During their compulsory period abroad, language students are required to complete a Year Abroad Assessment, which may be a single project, or a Learning Log, or be formed from the results of the examinations at their host university (see § 6 YEAR ABROAD AND YEAR 11
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