Research Project

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• interpret and criticise primary and secondary sources
• conceptualise a suitable research project as well as a programme of study to bring it to fruition
• identify and analyse problems
• synthesise and integrate your material into a coherent and sustained dissertation argument
• present and debate ideas, both orally and in writing

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• present and debate ideas, both orally and in writing
• work effectively to deadlines
• undertake, with appropriate supervision, independent work
• research a subject using library resources and Internet tools
• make use of appropriate resources

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• the processes and conventions of scholarly research
• methodologies appropriate to your subject material
• the broader context of the subject in question within music scholarship.
• the subject material chosen for your dissertation, including relevant primary and secondary sources

The aim of the module is to produce a dissertation that complies with the conventions of scholarly prose and supporting material (e.g. illustrations, music examples). A series of plenary seminars focus on key research skills, including how to choose a topic and title, how to undertake independent research, how to prepare a bibliography, and how to handle primary and secondary sources.

Teaching and learning methods

Teaching methods include

 Tutorials with supervisor

 Plenary sessions on research skills

 Feedback on written work

Learning activities include

 Tutorial discussion with supervisor

 Informal open-hour discussions with module convenor

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 Preparing draft chapters for comment

 Research for and organisation and composition of dissertation

 Individual study

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

(1993). The Chicago Manual of Style. Chicago: University of Chicago.

Assessment strategy

Assessments designed to provide informal, on-module feedback

 informal feedback on samples of written draft work

 discussions with peers during plenary sessions

 informal discussions with staff during open hours

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External