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HIS-40028 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 28 April 2024

HIS-40028 - Dissertation - History
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Level: Level 7
Credits: 60
Study Hours: 600
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

A dissertation is a piece of personal research, testing students' ability to ask interesting questions, find and assess evidence in the quest to answer them, and fit questions and answers together in an extended piece of written work. The finished piece should express students' final conclusions in a convincing and coherent way.
This dissertation module allows you to produce your own piece of independent historical research, guided by a supervisor who will have expertise in the field.

Aims
To undertake a piece of advanced, independent historical research supervised and supported by a member of staff with expertise in the area.

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: 1
formulate a question or series of questions to answer an historical problem: 1
Reflect critically on the place of a specific research topic within wider debates in the discipline: 1
plan and construct a substantial independent research project in History: 1
critically 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
formulate a question or series of questions to answer an historical problem: 1

Study hours

Individual supervision 10 hours (this augments/extends the considerable contact hours for planning the dissertation embedded in other modules such as the Directed Reading in History Module).
Research 360 hours
Writing plan 60 hours
Writing dissertation 140 hours
Revision of drafts and proof reading 30 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

Please note that for the 2022/23 Academic Year programmes may be adapted to operate in accordance with a flexible, digital approach. This means that there may be some changes made to how modules are delivered and assessed. The latest information will be provided to you by your School in module handbooks. We endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes and details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/student-terms-and-conditions/

Last Updated: 28 April 2024