Module ARA3106 for 2018/9
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Undergraduate Module Descriptor
ARA3106: Dissertation
This module descriptor refers to the 2018/9 academic year.
Module Aims
This project aims to allow you to acquire knowledge of a particular subject, to benefit from one-to-one tuition from a specialist in the field, and to develop their research skills. These include the ability to collate, assess, analyse and order material from relevant types of sources, and the ability to communicate ideas, arguments and findings in academic prose.
On successfully completing the programme you will be able to: | |
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Module-Specific Skills | 1. Acquire knowledge of the issues which form the subject matter of the dissertation |
Discipline-Specific Skills | 2. Acquire knowledge of relevant literature in the field. 3. Collate, analyse and assess material from a range of sources, including primary sources (where relevant). 4. Understand and use relevant terminology, and to handle different approaches in the field. |
Personal and Key Skills | 5. Develop the capacity to work independently and to organise your own time to produce a substantial piece of research to a deadline. 6. Collate and critique material to produce a coherent, well-planned, well-presented and well-argued piece of academic research. |
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
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4 | 296 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
Category | Hours of study time | Description |
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Scheduled Learning and Teaching activity | 4 hours | Tutorials with supervisor. These tutorials are meant, initially, to establish the viability of the planned research, and to provide advice on its focus and direction, and then to provide advice on different aspects of the ongoing work and to monitor the students' progress |
Guided Independent study | 296 hours | Private study |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
How this Module is Assessed
In the tables below, you will see reference to 'ILO's. An ILO is an Intended Learning Outcome - see Aims and Learning Outcomes for details of the ILOs for this module.
Formative Assessment
A formative assessment is designed to give you feedback on your understanding of the module content but it will not count towards your mark for the module.
Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Dissertation proposal including bibliography | 2 pages minimum | 1-6 | Written and verbal feedback |
Final draft of dissertation to supervisor by end of Spring term). | 10,000 words | 1-6 | Written and verbal feedback |
Summative Assessment
A summative assessment counts towards your mark for the module. The table below tells you what percentage of your mark will come from which type of assessment.
Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
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100 | 0 | 0 |
...and this table provides further details on the summative assessments for this module.
Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
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Dissertation | 100 | 10,000 words | 1-6 | Written and verbal |
Re-assessment
Re-assessment takes place when the summative assessment has not been completed by the original deadline, and the student has been allowed to refer or defer it to a later date (this only happens following certain criteria and is always subject to exam board approval). For obvious reasons, re-assessments cannot be the same as the original assessment and so these alternatives are set. In cases where the form of assessment is the same, the content will nevertheless be different.
Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
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Dissertation | Dissertation | 1-6 | August/September reassessment period |
Re-assessment notes
Where you have been referred/ deferred for dissertation, you will have the opportunity to complete your dissertation by the indicated assessment period.