- Department: History
- Module co-ordinator: Prof. David Clayton
- Credit value: 20 credits
- Credit level: M
- Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
- See module specification for other years: 2024-25
This module is only available to those completing the Postgraduate Diploma and so as an alternative to the Dissertation. Students undertake an independently researched project, receiving support, advice and feedback from a dissertation advisor as they collect source materials, analyse these materials and write up draft findings. They will have three supervision meetings to discuss the feasibility of the project and to provide feedback on one draft chapter, as set out below.
Occurrence | Teaching period |
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A | Semester 2 2023-24 |
The aims of this module are:
Students who complete this module successfully will:
Students will attend three one-on-one meetings with a dissertation advisor. They have the opportunity to receive feedback on a 2,000-word formative essay or literature review.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Research Project |
N/A | 100 |
None
The project will be between 3,000-4,000 words and set out using the standard University conventions, following the Chicago style manual.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Research Project |
N/A | 100 |
Students will receive written and verbal feedback on their draft essay. Students are also encouraged, if they wish, to make use of their advisor’s student hours. For more information, see the Statement on Feedback.
For the summative assessment task, students will receive a mark and written feedback within 25 working days of the submission deadline. For more information, see the Statement of Assessment.
We encourage you to look at the following items of preliminary reading, building on the use of these texts on the Research Training module.