Undergraduate Scheme in Applied Global Ethics

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Discipline Interdisciplinary, Development Studies, Politics & International Relations, Business Studies, Languages, Ethics

Category

Curriculum content – Development of new programme or module in response to demand from students for more global content
Teaching Methods – Interdisciplinary approaches to enable the delivery of global perspectives
Strategic approach – Developing policy to support the position of global perspectives in the department, faculty or institution

Department & institution School of Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University

Description A suite of interdisciplinary undergraduate programmes (to be validated for 2005 start):

Level 3-year undergraduate degree programmes

Aim A learning experience that aims to:

Provide a flexible, supportive and stimulating learning environment to enable and encourage students from diverse backgrounds and levels of achievement to realise their potential
Promote the design, development and delivery of a challenging academic curriculum in applied global ethics which draws on the widespread specialist expertise that exists within the university
Foster the development of the practical application of transferable personal, intellectual and subject skills with a particular emphasis on skills of reading and writing to critically reflect
Underpin the curriculum with an ethical culture which actively encourages the development of students as global citizens within communities
Enhance and encourage the development of independent and critical thought amongst students as a necessary foundation for their future life-long learning and employability