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. |
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.
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
This will depend on the topic chosen. See also:
Mauch, J. and Birch, J. Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation, New York, 1993.