Undergraduate Module Descriptor

PHL2001: Phenomenology

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

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
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
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).

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
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
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
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
Glossary Entry	Glossary Entry (1,000 words)	1-7	August/September reassessment period
Essay	Essay (3,000 words)	1-7	August/September reassessment period