Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- communicate a coherent, sustained and convincing argument at length
- develop and manage a programme of study to bring your chosen research project to fruition
- demonstrate the capacity for self-directed problem-solving, independent working and autonomous time- management
- locate relevant scholarly literature, using a variety of bibliographic aids, to permit a convincing response to be made to the research question
- identify a significant research question and the appropriate way of addressing it
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- conceptualize a feasible and intellectually adventurous research project as well as a programme of study to bring it to fruition
- synthesize and integrate the analysis of these texts and the philosophical positions they contain into a coherent, sustained and convincing dissertation argument
- present and debate ideas in an open minded and rigorous way
- critically evaluate a wide range of both primary and secondary texts, and the arguments contained in them
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- the processes by which understanding is achieved and new ideas advanced within the discipline
- the place of your topic in philosophy considered more broadly
- the subject chosen for your dissertation, including principal primary and secondary literature
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
---|---|
Teaching | 10 |
Independent Study | 740 |
Total study time | 750 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Charles R. Doty (1997). Guide to Dissertation Proposal Preparation & Dissertation Preparation. New Jersey.
Roy Preece (1994). Starting Research: an Introduction to Academic Research and Dissertation Writing. London.
James E. Mauch & Jack W. Birch (1993). Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: A Handbook for Students and Faculty. New York.
Fred Pyrczak (1999). Completing Your Thesis or Dissertation: Professors Share Their Techniques and Strategies. Los Angeles.
Liz Hampson (1994). w's your Dissertation Going?: Students share the Rough Reality of Dissertation and Project Work. Lancaster.
Derek Swetnam (1997). Writing Your Dissertation: How to Plan, Prepare and Present Your Work Successfully. Oxford.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Dissertation | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Coursework | 100% |
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.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Dissertation | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External