Module Identifier | EN31030 | |||||||||||
Module Title | DISSERTATION | |||||||||||
Academic Year | 2006/2007 | |||||||||||
Co-ordinator | Mr Michael J Smith | |||||||||||
Semester | Semester 2 (Taught over 2 semesters) | |||||||||||
Course delivery | Lecture | See below | ||||||||||
Seminars / Tutorials | ||||||||||||
Assessment |
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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
Dissertation word count: 8000 words in length (excluding footnotes/endnotes and bibliography)
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 | ||
Communication | In the workshop, small group and individual aspects of delivery (see above), 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. | ||
Team work | Through workshop and small group work | ||
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. | ||
Subject Specific Skills | Detailed critical analysis of literary texts and evaluation of broad intellectual/ theoretical concepts in an independently-researched piece of writing. |
This module is at CQFW Level 6