Occurrence | Teaching cycle |
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A | Spring Term 2020-21 |
Subject Content
Academic and Graduate Skills
Subject content
Students will be able to:
Academic and graduate skills
Students will be able to:
Students attend relevant UG lectures and seminars (which are research-led) to provide a background in the general area of research, while working with the module convener over the course of the term to define and develop a topic for independent research, on which they will write their assessed essay, which they will work on in parallel with the lecture/seminar course. They will be expected to produce a topic proposal and reading list by week 7, and a plan for their essay by week 10, and will have a minimum of two meetings with the module convener to discuss ideas for an essay topic (before producing the proposal) and to discuss the essay plan (on production of the plan). These meetings are an absolute minimum, and it is expected that in practice students will make use of staff office hours regularly throughout the term to discuss their project with the module convener. Module conveners may also choose to provide feedback on the essay proposal and reading list in person in a further one-to-one meeting, or to meet MA students as a group at the start of term to discuss the subject area and suggest topics for independent research.
Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay - 4000 words |
N/A | 100 |
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Task | Length | % of module mark |
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Essay/coursework Essay - 4000 words |
N/A | 100 |
Students will receive written or verbal feedback on the essay proposal and reading list at two weeks after they submit it.
Students will meet their module tutor in week 10 to discuss their essay plan in person.
Students will receive feedback on the 4000 word summative assessment and reassessment four weeks after they submit it.
Paul Benacerraf and Hilary Putnam, eds., Philosophy of Mathematics: Selected Readings (2nd edition) (CUP, 1983)
Marcus Giaquinto, The Search for Certainty (OUP, 2002)
Stewart Shapiro, Thinking about Mathematics (OUP, 2000)
Coronavirus (COVID-19): changes to courses
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