Dissertation Preparation - School of English and Drama.
This module constitutes the first 15 credits for you writing Year 3 dissertations. The aim of the module is to prepare you in the devising and organising of their dissertation topic to be written in the Spring term. They will be given a recap on appropriate research methods and through individual.
HIST6081 Research Skills and Dissertation Preparation. Module Overview. The module divides into two parts, the first part delivered in Semester 1 and the second in Semester 2. The first part is designed to serve as a practical general introduction to the skills required of you as you study for an MA in History as a research degree. The second part of the module in semester 2 is largely.
The four-week taught dissertation preparation module will equip you with the knowledge and skills to undertake this work, from planning and designing a viable research project, discussing the relative strengths and weaknesses of a range of research methods, providing guidance on conducting bibliographic searches and compiling a literature.
The 15,000 word dissertation forms 100% of the module mark and tests your ability to carry out independent and extended research, to formulate and sustain a logical and, where possible, original historical argument, to work from primary sources, and to write about the past in good English.
This module builds upon the concepts and theories presented during the research methods module BE1403 and the pre-requisite Level 7 0 credit points master's empirical research and work-based dissertation preparation module BE1231. Students will be allocated an academic supervisor during the process of consolidating and refining their.
Dissertation Preparation Skills at Masters Level DEPT-0044-P Module leader: Steph Piper Introduction. Most of you will have come to York with a strong first degree and thus will have developed some of the intellectual, critical and practical skills necessary to work successfully at Master's level.
Media and Communications Dissertation Preparation (P5018) 15 credits, Level 6. Autumn teaching. This module constitutes the first 15 credits for you writing Year 3 dissertations. The aim of the module is to prepare you in the devising and organising of their dissertation topic to be written in the Spring term. They will be given a recap on.
The information on this page is indicative of the module that is currently on offer. The University is constantly exploring ways to enhance and improve its degree programmes and therefore reserves the right to make variations to the content and method of delivery of modules, and to discontinue modules, if such action is reasonably considered to be necessary by the University.
Module Overview. This module involves working on an individual dissertation with the guidance of an individual supervisor and participating in a series of workshops designed to provide guidance for key stages of the dissertation. The dissertation requires students to conduct independent, original research on a topic of significance in relation.
Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module. The module is delivered through a limited number of one hour lectures, directed at project planning, risk assessment, dissertation preparation, first aid training and independent project work.
The module consists of preparation of the one-page dissertation proposal to be submitted by the end of Week 13. Upon review of the proposal by the Director of Graduate Studies (Taught) the student is allocated to a supervisor. For the rest of the term the student and the supervisor meet and discuss.
A dissertation or final year project, as a form of assessment differs from other module assessments. The expectation is that you, the learner, take responsibility for your own learning and that you produce a literature review, you choose a method for undertaking a study, write up your findings and discuss the outcomes in a discussion section.
Module Aims To provide you with the skills and knowledge that you need to design a research project of your own. More specifically, to produce a coherent and academically well-informed dissertation proposal in advance of work on the dissertation itself in your final year.
