Module PHL2001 for 2021/2
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
PHL2001: Phenomenology
This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.
Module Aims
The aim of this module is to introduce you to the place of phenomenology in the history of philosophy. Furthermore, the module aims to critically explore and investigate the challenges associated with the practice and method of phenomenology and how phenomenology sits in relation to other leading philosophical schools of thought such as metaphyscis, existentialism, naturalism and empiricism. In addition, the module aims to encourage you to be able to reflect phenomenologically about your own lived experience and to explore the contemporary relevance of the phenomenolgical approach to a variety of topics and disciplines.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Identify and cogently discuss the key methods, questions, themes and topics within the phenomenological tradition 2. Critically distinguish and evaluate various approaches to phenomenology, and related critiques, within the 20th century |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 3. Demonstrate a high level of understanding of the interrelation between theories, values and lived experience 4. Demonstrate sound knowledge of different types of philosophical analysis |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Demonstrate a significantly expanded philosophical vocabulary and understanding with respect to key ideas in twentieth century European philosophy 6. Conduct research independently engaging with complex ideas and problems 7. Engage in complex argumentation both orally and through writing |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Whilst the module’s precise content may vary from year to year, it is envisaged that the syllabus will cover some or all of the following topics:
- Introduction to Phenomenology & Franz Brentano and his Influence on Edmund Husserl
- Edmund Husserl – Phenomenology and the Phenomenological Method
- Edmund Husserl – Intentionality & Transcendental Phenomenology
- Edmund Husserl – Internal Time Consciousness, the Crisis & the Lifeworld
- Edith Stein – The Other and Empathy
- Martin Heidegger – Hermeneutics, Phenomenology and Being and Time
- Jean-Paul Sartre – The Body, the Look and the Other
- Simone de Beauvoir – Feminist Phenomenology and The Second Sex
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty – Existential Phenomenology and the Phenomenology of Perception
- Maurice Merleau-Ponty – Embodied Subjectivity and a Phenomenology of Embodiment
- Emmanuel Levinas – Phenomenological Ethics
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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21.5 | 128.5 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 16.5 | 11 x 1.5 hour lectures. Lectures provide you with detailed overview and analysis of key thinkers and texts in the phenomenological tradition; lectures cover more ground than is possible in tutorials, and are designed to establish a context in which to think about the themes, thinkers and texts discussed in tutorials. |
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 5 | 5 x 1 Hour Fortnightly tutorials. A specific reading is assigned, and you are provided with a list of key issues to identify and discuss for each tutorial. Texts are carefully chosen as classic exemplars of the core course themes. |
Guided Independent Study | 45 | Preparation for lectures and tutorial participation including reading and planning. |
Guided independent study | 83.5 | Independent research for glossary entry and essay. |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Tutorial Participation | Fortnightly | 1-7 | Oral |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Glossary Entry | 40 | 1,000 words | 1-7 | Written |
Essay | 60 | 3,000 words | 1-7 | Written |
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Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Glossary Entry | Glossary Entry (1,000 words) | 1-7 | August/September reassessment period |
Essay | Essay (3,000 words) | 1-7 | August/September reassessment period |