HIS-40009 - Module Specification School of Humanities Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 06 May 2024
HIS-40009 - Dissertation - History 90
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Level: Level 7
Credits: 90
Study Hours: 900
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Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25
Available as a Free Standing Elective
Co-requisites
None
Prerequisites
None
Barred Combinations
None
Description for 2024/25
This module will equip students with the skills necessary to undertake their own research project and engage with primary sources, historiographical debates and key themes and issues relevant to their chosen research topic.
Intended Learning Outcomes
read critically and assess primary materials and to judge their historical significance in a highly reflective manner, demonstrating a deep understanding of the historical and intellectual context: 1formulate a question or series of questions to answer a historical problem: 1reflect critically on the place of a specific research topic within wider debates in the discipline: 1plan and construct a substantial independent research project in History: 1critically evaluate the themes of and historiographical background of a detailed theme or focused period of History in a highly reflective manner, demonstrating verbal, organizational, intellectual, and reflective skills: 1
Study hours
Over a series of one-to-one meetings with their supervisor over the course of the year, students will develop and execute a dissertation research project based on their own individual interests. Most students meet with their supervisor every two weeks during the semester. The student and supervisor will select the scheduling of their meetings as well as the timetable for research and writing.
School Rules
None
Description of Module Assessment