Module Information
Course Delivery
Assessment
Due to Covid-19 students should refer to the module Blackboard pages for assessment details
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Literature Review, 2,500 words | 20% |
Semester Assessment | Dissertation, 12,500 words | 80% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resit literature review | 20% |
Supplementary Assessment | Resit dissertation | 80% |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
1) explore a chosen topic in its (art) historical contexts
2) research efficiently using academically viable sources
3) demonstrate an awareness and understanding of the literature in a chosen field
4) establish, sustain and support a clear and focused thesis
5) acknowledge and respond to counter-arguments
6) choose and apply suitable patterns of organization (e.g., chronology, classification)
7) incorporate researched materials through quotations and paraphrases
8) follow a prescribed documentation style (MLA)
9) respond effectively to staff feedback
10) develop proofreading and editing skills
Brief description
The dissertation expands study of a project begun either as part of AHM0230 Research Project or ARM0460 Exhibition 1 (depending on the choice of degree scheme). For MA in Art History candidates, the dissertation represents a sustained discourse on material sources uncovered in AHM0230 or ARM0460. For MA in Art History candidates, the dissertation pursues ideas explored previously in a visual field and develop them further within an art historical context and a theoretical framework.
The module encourages students to apply methodologies and approaches to research that are developed in both research-training modules and in the context of dissertation tutorials.
It also prepares students for research and academic writing at MPhil and PhD level.
Content
The module is delivered as a series of individual tutorials in which students discuss and shape their dissertation project under the guidance of their dissertation supervisors.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Communication | Sustaining an argument, negotiating a research project and responding to staff feedback. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Effective note-taking, debating issues, asking questions and responding to feedback. |
Information Technology | Making effective use of IT for research. |
Personal Development and Career planning | Demonstrating professionalism, diligence and commitment while carrying out independent research, as well as an ability to negotiate a project, meet deadlines and respond effectively to feedback. |
Problem solving | Working out strategies of dealing effectively with unfamiliar, current and emerging research in a timely manner. Negotiating the project with the supervisor. |
Research skills | Accessing, assessing and documenting sources relevant to a chosen subject. |
Subject Specific Skills | Observing, describing, analysing, interpreting and contextualising primary sources (works of art, archives) using subject-specific secondary sources (theory, criticism, art history). |
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 7