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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- demonstrate the capacity to study independently and to produce an extended piece of written work;
- demonstrate research and organisation skills, and sustained facility in analysis, expression and argument;
- demonstrate self-motivation, and appropriate intelligent interaction with sources relevant to their research.
This is a student-led independent research project carried out over the spring and summer trimesters.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Autonomous Student Learning | 800 |
Total | 800 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Project: 15000 word dissertation | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | Yes | 100 |
Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
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Repeat | Within Two Trimesters |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Peer review activities
Students present on their provisional thesis project at the beginning of semester 2 where they benefit from peer and staff feedback. Students receive further feedback on their written provisional proposal from their programme director before being assigned a supervisor. Students are allocated a suitable supervisor from the School of English, Drama and Film staff who will meet with the student according to an agreed schedule to give feedback on their written work up until the end of June in the summer trimester.