2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

PIED3750 Dissertation

40 creditsClass Size: 300

Module manager: Professor David S Bell
Email: D.S.Bell@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

This module is not approved as an Elective

Module summary

On completion of this module, you will be able to will be able to demonstrate the skills of organising and completing an independent research activity and the presentation of your researched findings. You will also, at the end, have a valuable extended piece of your own work that you can show to employers or use for post-graduate work in the future.The dissertation is a piece of written work of between 10,000-12,000 words, and can be written on a topic of your own choice (with the agreement of the Institute Committee). It is designed to allow you to produce an extended piece of written work on an area or topic of special interest to you, not covered in detail in any of the modules you have taken. This is your opportunity to follow through a topic which has interested you but which you have not been able to research so far in your degree or to go into issues raised on second and third level modules in more detail. For further information see the School of Politics and International Studies website. If you cannot find the answer to your question then email D.S.Bell@leeds.ac.uk

Objectives

At the completion of this module, the student will be able to demonstrate the skills of organising and completing an independent research activity and the presentation of researched findings.

Syllabus

The dissertation is on a subject of the student's choice, providing that it falls within the objectives of the programme in which the module is used, and outside any specific module content.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Practical	3	2.00	6.00
Tutorial	20	1.00	20.00
Private study hours			374.00
Total Contact hours			26.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			400.00

Private study

374 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Outlines and bibliography and abstract.

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Essay or Dissertation	1 x 12,000 words	100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 03/04/2009

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