Diploma Long Essay - CES00003M

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  • Department: Centre for 18th Century Studies
  • Credit value: 40 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23

Module will run

Occurrence Teaching period
A Autumn Term 2022-23 to Summer Term 2022-23

Module aims

The Diploma Long Essay should be an essay of between 7000 and 7500 words. The essay should discuss a limited subject that is related to one or more of the taught modules that the student has studied during the course of the MA, it should do so clearly and coherently, it should demonstrate an adequate familiarity with primary and secondary sources, and it should be documented according to the recognized conventions of scholarly presentation.

Module learning outcomes

Subject content

  • To explore one aspect of a subject arising from the MA course to which the student has subscribed, and to do so in greater depth than would be possible in the assessed modular essays.

Academic and graduate skills

  • The student will demonstrate the capacity to devise and execute a project of independent study; the student will be expected to display knowledge of a range of sources, to articulate an argument with clarity and precision, and to present work in a scholarly fashion.

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Essay/coursework 100

Module feedback

Written feedback, given within 3 weeks of submission.

Indicative reading

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