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History/English Bridge Dissertation - HIS00046H

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  • Department: History
  • Module co-ordinator: Dr. Shaul Mitelpunkt
  • Credit value: 40 credits
  • Credit level: H
  • Academic year of delivery: 2022-23
    • See module specification for other years: 2021-22

Module summary

This module gives students the chance to work as active and independent scholars, rather than responding to the requirements of a taught module. Having designed their own cross-disciplinary research project during their second year, and researched the primary materials needed during the summer between their second and third years, they now organise and reflect on the material they have gathered, plan the structure of their arguments and interpretations, draft a chapter and outline to submit for feedback, and then write and submit their 10,000-word dissertation. This work will spread across the whole academic year. Full details about the various stages of the process, the tasks to be completed, and the relevant deadlines, are provided on the Dissertation VLE. This guide deals with Bridge Dissertations as well as dissertations, and also provides much advice and information to help and support students as they work on their dissertations.

Module will run

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

Module aims

The aims of this module are:

  • To enable students to undertake an independently chosen, designed and managed cross-disciplinary project;
  • To provide the opportunity to use material and methods from both the disciplines in which they work in their chosen project;
  • To allow students to explore a chosen aspect of the past at length using skills and insights from both their disciplines; and
  • To engage with opinions and debates around a specific topic using original research.

Module learning outcomes

Students who complete this module successfully will:

  • Have gained experience of designing and managing a substantial cross-disciplinary project to completion;
  • Have gained experience of exploring and explaining a specific research topic at length;
  • Have acquired skills and understanding from extended research into original material;
  • Have learned to situate their specific research results among the debates and views of others; and
  • Have acquired skill and confidence in using, combining or contrasting approaches, material and methods from different disciplines.

Module content

Teaching Programme:


Students are undertaking an independently researched project and not a taught module. They will, however, continue to have support, advice, and feedback from their dissertation advisor as they work to produce their dissertation, and also have opportunities to consult their advisor in the English Department. They will have a meeting with their History advisor in the autumn term at which they will discuss the progress of their research and confirm plans to develop an interpretation or argument about their research question as they reflect on the evidence and ideas which they have acquired form primary research and secondary reading. Students have the opportunity to write a draft chapter and thesis outline for submission to their advisor at the start of the spring term. They will have a meeting with their History advisor later that term at which they will receive feedback and advice which will help them towards the completion of the whole dissertation.

Assessment

Task Length % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation
Bridge Dissertation		 N/A 100

Special assessment rules

None

Additional assessment information

Students have the opportunity to submit up to 3,000 words of draft dissertation work for feedback in week 2 of the spring term. A 10,000-word dissertation written and presented according to our requirements and conventions (set out on the Dissertation VLE) is then to be submitted in week 1 of the summer term. 

Reassessment

Task Length % of module mark
Graduate/Postgraduate Dissertation
Bridge Dissertation		 N/A 100

Module feedback

Students will receive written feedback from the Monday of week 8 of the summer term, after which their dissertation supervisor will be available during student hours for follow-up guidance if necessary. For more information, see the Statement of Assessment.

Indicative reading

There are no key texts for this module.


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