Module Information
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Seminars / Tutorials | 10 x 1 hour tutorials |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | Oral Assessment 20 minutes oral assessment (approx 2,000 words of material) that reviews a key reserch source. | 25% |
| Semester Assessment | Essay submission Submit a 7000 word essay | 75% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmission of failed elements Resubmit failed or make good any missing elements. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate the ability to conceive of, plan and critically contextualize an original piece of research.
2. Critically review a key research souce, assessing its potential use and critical context.
3. Devise a bibliography of appropriate texts and a relevant re4search question.
4. Effectively present research findings through essay writing.
5. Effectively present research finding through oral assessment and responding to questions.
Brief description
The module will provide students with expert guidance in their chosen area of research, giving them the opportunity to devise a research topic with a specialist member of staff and to receive regular feedback on the development of assessed work.
Aims
The module will provide students with expert guidance in their chosen area of research, giving them the opportunity to devise a research topic with a specialist member of staff and to receive regular feedback on the development of assessed work.
Content
The module will provide students with expert guidance in their chosen area of research, giving them the opportunity to devise a research topic with a specialist member of staff and to receive regular feedback on the development of assessed work.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | N/A |
| Communication | Oral presentation, taking questions Articulating complex ideas through clear and sophisticated written work |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Presenting ideas and draft work to tutor, and working through revisions |
| Information Technology | Word processing Use of the library catalogue Digital resources |
| Personal Development and Career planning | Driving own research interests and honing specialism Developing presentation skills |
| Problem solving | Devising a research question Critically reviewing a key research source |
| Research skills | Conceiving, planning and critically contextualizing an original piece of research |
| Subject Specific Skills | Acquisition of high level subject specific knowledge which may involve specific technical skills (e.g. paleography). |
| Team work | Working with tutor as supervisor |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7