LIB-20008 - Module Specification
School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

N/A

Barred Combinations

N/A

Description for 2025/26

Creative Arts and Humanities in Society is a 15-credit compulsory core module for the Liberal Arts degree programme. It will equip you with a theoretical knowledge and understanding of creativity and enable you to build on your understanding of the connections and complexity between art and culture, and social and historical processes. The module provides you with an opportunity to develop your own creative practice as well as introducing you to examples of the creative arts and humanities in society which you will explore through a range of case studies focussing on the arts in the community.

To explore how human values are closely related to the Arts and creativity in general.
To explore the contribution of the Arts to culture, education, self-expression, and public life.
To explore the nature of the creative process.
Through the Arts, explore possible interactions and interconnections between people, commerce, culture, space and form.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of key theoretical concepts relating to creativity: 1
Communicate understanding of their own creative process and demonstrate an ability to evaluate their practice through the application of key theoretical concepts: 1
Identify ways the Creative Arts and Humanities can contribute to our understanding of Society: 1
Critically evaluate the role of community arts projects in the formation and development of social, regional and national identities: 1

Study hours

24 contact hours in the form of seminars and workshops.
42 hours seminar/tutorial preparation
84 hours assessment preparation

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment