HIS6744 - History Dissertation

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module students will be able to:

(1) put into practice the skills of historical research attained at previous levels (ie presenting a hypothesis or identifying a problem; collecting and collating historical evidence; evaluating evidence; drawing conclusions);
(2) complete a sustained piece of research which is then written up in a coherent, logical, well argued manner and is presented with appropriate ancillary material and supported by full scholarly academic apparatus.
(3) state and discuss their early findings in the form of an individual oral presentation.

Content:

The individual student will negotiate a research topic with the Dissertation tutor, the topic to be dependant on supervisory staff expertise and availability. The research will be based predominantly on primary sources. This might include: a body of oral history interviews that the student has conducted in a rigorous manner, visual & physical evidence such as paintings, artifacts, buildings and landscape, historical texts or the evidence of a historical debate surrounding a topic when that debate has a long and detailed history. In addition, students will need to demonstrate a contextual eg historiographical knowledge of, and/or an understanding of theoretical or methodological approaches to the specific topic.

Learning and Teaching Information:

Learning will be supported through taught group sessions, and personal (one-to-one) tutorials with a supervisor.

Seminars/Workshops
Contact hours 10
Number of groups 1

Personal Tutorials
Contact hours 4

Additional pre-requisite information

In order to study HIS6744 you must have both passed and gained at least 50% overall in Level 5 module HIS5762 (Making History: Research Skills and Independant Study).
Students who have passed with 49% or less overall, will be registered on module HIS6732 (Research report)

Assessment: