Module Information
Module Identifier
EN30000
Module Title
Undergraduate Dissertation
Academic Year
2016/2017
Co-ordinator
Semester
Semester 1 (Taught over 2 semesters)
Other Staff
Course Delivery
| Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 x 1 Hour Lectures |
| Seminar | 4 x 2 Hour Seminars |
Assessment
| Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
|---|---|---|
| Semester Assessment | First Essay Assignment 1 x 1000 word research proposal Formative Assessment | |
| Semester Assessment | Second Essay Assignment 1 x 1500 word sample chapter Formative Assessment | |
| Semester Assessment | Final Dissertation 1 x 10,000 word dissertation | 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment | Resubmit Final Dissertation Resubmit failed or missing 10,000 dissertation | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Conduct independent research, compile bibliographies and find ways around appropriate research materials.
2. Conceive, plan and execute an appropriate topic for study based on literary research, structured over an extended piece of writing
3. Display a critically focused understanding of literary texts, cultural contexts and theoretical concerns.
4. Complete the writing of the dissertation in compliance with the substantive as well as formal requirements expected of an undergraduate dissertation.
Module Skills
| Skills Type | Skills details |
|---|---|
| Application of Number | N/A |
| Communication | Small group and individual aspects of delivery through group discussion. |
| Improving own Learning and Performance | Through independent planning researching and realization of a research project. The structure of the module builds into it formative assessment and encourages self-reflection. |
| Information Technology | Research skills will require the utilization of bibliographical and search databases, internet-based research, as well as the use of word-processing in the course of writing of the dissertation |
| Personal Development and Career planning | By encouraging initiative, self-reliance, self-responsibility, time-management, independent enquiry and by preparing students for study at postgraduate level. |
| Problem solving | By developing evaluative analysis, constructing an independent research strategy, and by formulating and conducting an extended critical argument. |
| Research skills | By requiring students to outline, structure, independently research and write an extended piece on a topic of their choosing |
| Subject Specific Skills | Detailed critical analysis of literary texts and evaluation of broad intellectual/ theoretical concepts in an independently-researched piece of writing. |
| Team work | Through workshop and small group work |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6