Dissertation
| Code | School | Level | Credits | Semesters |
| CULT3024 | Cultural, Media and Visual Studies | 3 | 40 | Full Year UK |
- Code
- CULT3024
- School
- Cultural, Media and Visual Studies
- Level
- 3
- Credits
- 40
- Semesters
- Full Year UK
Summary
Work for this module is based upon independent study and writing on an approved topic of the students choosing, under supervision. Topics may be chosen from any field relevant to the student's degree in which the Department can offer supervision.
Target Students
Only available for Film and Television Studies students, International Media and Communication Studies students
Classes
- One 1-hour-30-minute lecture each week for 7 weeks
The School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies operates an attendance policy. The details of this policy can be found in the student handbook on Workspace and in module handbooks. Students are required to attend the department research seminar: 8 hours of individual supervision across both semesters, and workshops at start of semester 1.
Assessment
- 100% Dissertation: Dissertation - 8,000 - 12,000 word dissertation with separate research and supervision diary completed as a Moodle blog. Submissions with satisfactory completed diaries will be awarded one additional step on the marking scale (e.g. from 65 to 68).
Assessed by end of spring semester
Educational Aims
This should comprise a general statement explaining the purpose of the module, how students will benefit from taking it and its role in the context of the subject as a whole. It is expected that these will vary among the different modules contributing towards the same programme. You could indicate the knowledge and subject-specific skills which you expect a student to have on completion of the module eg. the aim of a module might be to teach, for example, computer-aided design skills, which would be different from the aim of a course which might be to teach general IT skills.Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and Understanding:
- Close understanding both of the chosen subject and of its related field of study (A3, A4, A5, A6)
- Familiarity with an appropriate range of secondary literature
Intellectual Skills:
- Independent study and research (B4)
- Critical assessment of a range of primary and secondary literature and sources (B5)
- Analysis and elaboration of arguments (B6)
Professional Skills:
- Independent work on primary and secondary source materials (C5)
- Planning and executing a longer-term project (C5)
- Scheduling and working productively with specialists (the supervisor)
- Practice in appropriate research skills (bibliographical, analytical, presentational) (C5)
- Exploitation of a range of research resources available in the library and through relevant databases (C5)
- Understand, process and express complex ideas (C3)
- Presentation of an extended piece of work in conformity with academic conventions (C6)
Transferable Skills:
- Working productively and independently (D4)
- Identification of a research topic and amending and adapting of the research, in a timely manner, on the basis of supervisory advice (D3)
- Ability to develop an argument in depth (D2)
- Personal organisational skills (D6, D7)
- Clear written expression (D1).