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Research Dissertation - HIS00036M

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  • Department: History
  • Credit value: 100 credits
  • Credit level: M
  • Academic year of delivery: 2023-24
  • Notes: This is an independent study module

Module will run

None

Module aims

The module aims to

  • develop skills of source analysis and interpretation
  • assess a range of primary source material and the relevant secondary literature
  • develop students powers of historical argument
  • develop skills of primary research, including project and information management, independent working and the ability to research primary and secondary materials independently

Module learning outcomes

After successfully completing this course students should:

  •  have carried out independent research, collecting the relevant primary and secondary materials
  • have presented and completed a substantial piece of independent research related to relevant secondary literature
  • have shown the ability to use and evaluate historical sources
  • have shown the ability to use appropriate methodology for their research
  • have shown the ability to present research in accordance with scholarly conventions used in a consistent manner

Indicative assessment

Task % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation 100.0

Special assessment rules

None

Indicative reassessment

Task % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation 100.0

Module feedback

Students will receive feedback in the written form on the dissertation proposal at the start of the SuT with resubmission of a failed proposal in week 3/4 SuT

Indicative reading

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