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Welcome to the Humanities Department at Bath Spa University
The first week at university is an exciting time, but it can also be a daunting one.
The programme for your first week has been designed to give you lots of opportunities to meet your tutors, ask any questions you may have, and to get to know your new fellow students.
Humanities covers History, Heritage, Philosophy and Ethics and the
Study of Religions, and we’ll meet as a Department at 10.00 am on
Monday 28th September.
There are then a number of specific subject meetings, as well as drop in sessions for you to raise any queries or concerns. We have also organised a lecture by leading subject specialists within the Department on Thursday 1st October, so you’ll get a taste of the intellectual challenges and inspiration to come. This will be followed by a lunchtime social event in Commons – another chance to meet colleagues in other subjects and in other years. There will be further induction sessions over the next week or so, to introduce you to many of the services offered by the University, and more opportunities then to seek advice.
Use the programme below to help you plan your week, but also to think about how you’d like to spend your free time – there will be other activities all week at the University, and lots to do in the beautiful city of
Bath.
You’ll also find information here about where to go for IT help, and some suggestions for preliminary reading in your core subjects.
We look forward to meeting you in September and hope that Welcome
Week will be a great start to a very happy three years. Welcome to Bath
Spa University.
Dr Alan Marshall
Head of Humanities
Dr Alison Hems
Subject Leader
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If you need any HELP at all please call into the School Office, second floor of Commons.
There will also be a School of Humanities & Cultural Industries help desk in the Commons atrium during welcome week.
You can also contact the School Office by email hci-reception@bathspa.ac.uk
or by phone (01225) 876268
CM = Commons, Newton Park Campus
MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
CM.108
10.00 – 11.00
Welcome meeting and meet
Personal Tutors
11.00 -
12.00
Campus Tour/ tutor group meetings as follows:
CM.111 -
Paul Reid-Bowen/Mahinda
Deegalle
CM.122
Catherine Robinson
CM.126 -
Sarah Flavel/Russell Re-Manning
14.00 – 15.30
Subject Meeting
TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
CM.225/226
12.00, 12.20 &
12.40
Q&A sessions for joint awards
Students (20 minutes)
You need only attend one of these meetings!
Second Subject Meetings
CM.131/132
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10.00 -
16.00
10.00 –
13.00
11.00
14.00 –
17.00
Time
10.00-10.45
10.00-10.45
10.00-10.45
10.00-11.00
11.00-12.00
12.00-13.00
12.00-13.00
13.00-14.00
13.00-14.00
13.00-14.00
13.00-14.00
13.30-14.30
14.00-15.00
14.00-15.00
14.00-15.00
15.00–16.00
(Joint Awards Students)
Subject
Music
Dance
Drama
Business & Management
Geography
Psychology
Sociology
Criminology
Creative Writing
Publishing
English Literature
Biology
History and Heritage
Film & Media Communications
Education
Drop in sessions.
Meet with academic staff to discuss your modules/any issues.
Venue
MT.G01
AN.G01
UT.G01
CM.108
SN.G01
CM.107/108
SN.G01
SN.G01
CM.221/222
CM.131/132
CM.G23
TE.G04
CM.G23
CM.221/222
CM.223
CM.106
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER
Freshers’ Fair (Commercial)
Drop in sessions.
Meet with academic staff to discuss your modules/any issues.
Deadline for module selection via The
Hub
Dyslexia Screening sessions
Student Union
CM.108
CM.125
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10.00 -
16.00
11.00 –
12.00
12.30 –
13.30
14.00 –
15.00
THURSDAY 01 OCTOBER
Freshers’ Fair (Activities & Societies)
Subject Welcome Lecture –
'Why Religions, Philosophies and Ethics?
Some personal accounts, arguments and stories.'
Religions, Philosophies and Ethics staff.
Social event
Student Union
CM.107/108
Drop in sessions.
Meet with academic staff to discuss your modules/any issues.
CM.G30 and environ
CM.106
FRIDAY 02 OCTOBER
10.00 - 11.00
International Students welcome CM.226/226 meeting and Q&A session
14.00
Timetables available online
If you need any HELP at all please call into the School Office, second floor of Commons.
There will also be a School of Humanities & Cultural Industries help desk in the Commons atrium during welcome week.
You can also contact the School Office by email hci-reception@bathspa.ac.uk
or by phone (01225) 876268
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ACADEMIC STAFF:
NAME
Dr Alan Marshall
Head of Department
Dr Alison Hems
Subject Leader
Dr Mahinda Deegalle
Dr Sarah Flavel
Dr Paul Reid-Bowen
Dr Russell Re-Manning
Dr Catherine Robinson
School Office
EMAIL a.marshall@bathspa.ac.uk
a.hems@bathspa.ac.uk
m.deegalle@bathspa.ac.uk
s.flavel@bathspa.ac.uk
p.reid-bowen@bathspa.ac.uk
r.re-manning@bathspa.ac.uk
c.robinson@bathspa.ac.uk
hci-reception@bathspa.ac.uk
PHONE
(01225)
875595
876363
Bath Spa University One Page Student IT Guide - 2015-16
Logging in to the University network – Your BSU Account Logon will be used for all internal systems such as the Hub, Library and Minerva. Your BSU Account Logon id is your 6 digit Student ID.
Your initial password will be as sent to your personal email from Bath Spa
University in the format XXXX.Zzz.
If you get your password wrong three times, your account will ‘lock’ and you will have to wait an hour for it to automatically unlock. Locked accounts can’t access the University network. Please change your password by using Ctrl+Alt+Delete or via the Password Management Tool, once successfully logged in to a Windows or
Thin Client PC. If you forget your password, speak to the SOACS or IT Helpdesk (or
see Password Management Service below).
875429
875784
876176
875493
875658
876268
Password Management Service - BSU students are encouraged to register with the University’s password management service. Once you have successfully answered the security questions you will be able to reset your own password
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without contacting the IT Helpdesk. If you haven’t already done so, please follow the instructions under ‘How to register’: https://wiki.bathspa.ac.uk/display/computing/Student+Password+Reset
Student Open Access Computer Support (SOACS) – A team of students are employed during term time to help with student IT queries and problems. They are based in LY.119 (the short stay open access room on the first floor of Newton Park
Library) and also Library Helpers in Commons CM.G02. They can also be contacted by internal phone on ext. 5575. Availability hours are 9:00am until 7:00pm from
Monday to Friday.
IT Helpdesk – The University’s main IT Helpdesk can be contacted by email using ithelpdesk@bathspa.ac.uk
by telephone on 01225 876500 or internal extension
6500. Staff are available from Monday to Friday from 8:30am until 5:00pm. http://www.bathspa.ac.uk/services/computing
Email - Your BSU Email Address is from Google Mail which will be used for all official correspondence from the University. You should ensure that you check this regularly for all important announcements about your course and programme of study. The first time you log in you will be asked to change your password, so avoid using a mobile device – use a laptop/desktop computer. From the Google search page ( http://www.google.co.uk/ ) click on ‘Sign In’ in the top right corner of the screen, or use ‘Add Account’ option if you already have a Gmail account already signed in.
Email address: john.smithYY@bathspa.ac.uk - where YY indicates the year of joining the University. Your initial password will be as sent to your personal email from Bath Spa University in the format XXXX.Zzz
Be careful to save emailed attached files to your S:\ drive or a USB device before you attempt to make changes to them.
Wireless Network - Students have access to ‘eduroam’ across the majority of
University campuses and buildings. To get access, it is important that you accept a security certificate if prompted – https://wiki.bathspa.ac.uk/display/computing/eduroam
User name - Your user name is your student number in the following format e.g.
012345@bathspa.ac.uk and password is the same as your BSU Account logon password.
Printing – First year undergraduates are given an initial £2.50 credit in their printing accounts. Add credit to your account using the money loading machine in
LY.119 or online under ‘My Print Credits’ on The Hub once logged in https://thehub.bathspa.ac.uk/students/myaccount
Minerva – The name for the University’s virtual learning environment running on
Blackboard software. Login with your BSU Account username and password from this web page http://minerva.bathspa.ac.uk/
Thin Client Open Access Terminals – Open access computer rooms now provide
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computer access using thin client terminals (as an alternative to PC and Mac desktop computers). The thin client terminals work in a very similar way to PCs but one difference is that if you use a USB device it will appear as the U:\ drive.
Saving Work – Your University work should be saved to the S:\ drive as often as practicable. This is a network drive that is available to you across the University’s range of computer and thin client terminals. Files are stored securely on the S:\ drive and are backed up every 24 hours.
Where to go for IT help
If you experience any problems there are a number of ways in which you can get IT support during Welcome Week and once formal teaching begins
The Student Open Access Computer Support (SOACS) team will be available from 9:00am to 7:00pm from Mondays to Fridays during term time. The team is based in the Library, in
LY.119, and can provide help with passwords, account issues, email, Minerva, Turnitin, printing and the wireless networks.
The Commons Helpers will be available from 9:00am to 7:00pm weekdays and from 9:00am to 5:00pm at weekends, on the ground floor of the Commons Building. They can help you with Library electronic services queries as well as IT questions.
There will be sessions on the use of the Library, as well as study skills and time management during the second week of term.
Please follow this link for a compulsory Health & Safety induction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NfT-d6xsgE&feature=youtu.be
All Year One Students are encouraged to watch this short video which contains important information to keep you safe during your time as a Student at Bath Spa University.
A Guide to the Level 4 Modular Scheme can be found here: https://thehub.bathspa.ac.uk/services/student-services/modular-scheme-and-timetabling
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Ideas for preliminary reading
Here is a short selection of reading for the core modules
Philosophy and Ethics
PE4000-40 Truth and value: introduction to philosophical and ethical enquiry
J Baggini and P S Fosl, The Philosopher’s Toolkit: A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts
and Methods (Blackwell, 2003)
E Conee and T Sider, Riddles of Existence: A Guided Tour of Metaphysics (Oxford UP, 2005)
J Driver, Ethics: The Fundamentals (Blackwell, 2007)
G Graham, Eight Theories of Ethics (Routledge, 2006)
P Harvey, An Introduction to Buddhist Ethics (Cambridge UP, 2000)
A P Martinich, Philosophical Writing: An Introduction (Blackwell, 2005)
A Morton, Philosophy in Practice (Blackwell, 2003)
J Nutall, An Introduction to Philosophy (Polity, 2002)
R Scruton, Modern Philosophy: An Introduction and Survey (Pimlico, 2004)
P Singer, Practical Ethics (Cambridge UP, 1999)
M Thompson, Teach Yourself Ethics (McGraw-Hill, 2006)
N Warburton, Philosophy: the Essential Study Guide (Routledge, 2004)
Study of Religions
SR4004-40 Beyond belief: an introduction to the study of religions
D V Barrett, The New Believers: Sects, Cults, and Alternative Religions (Cassell, 2001)
G Chryssides, Exploring New Religions (Cassell, 1999)
G Chryssides and R Geaves eds, The Study of Religion: An Introduction to Key Ideas and
Methods (Continuum, 2007)
D Corrywright and P Morgan, Get Set for Religious Studies (Edinburgh UP, 2006)
P Heelas, The Spiritual Revolution: Why Religion is Giving Way to Spirituality (Blackwell,
2005)
J R Hinnells ed, A New Handbook of Living Religions. (Penguin, 1998) and The Routledge
Companion to the Study of Religion (Routledge, 2005)
J R Lewis ed, The Encyclopaedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions (Prometheus, 2004)
C Partridge ed, Encyclopaedia of New Religions (Lion, 2004)
J Pearson ed, Belief Beyond Boundaries: Wicca, Celtic Spirituality and the New Age
(Ashgate/Open University, 2002)
S Sutcliffe and M Bowman eds, Beyond New Age (Edinburgh UP, 2000)
L Woodhead ed, Religions in the Modern World (Routledge, 2002)
Religions, Philosophies & Ethics
See above
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