This module is not currently running in 2023 to 2024.
This module is intended to introduce undergraduate students to research. As such it provides an opportunity to work on a topic of their own choosing, in either archaeology, history or ancient literature. Originality and feasibility are important aspects of writing dissertations, and to avoid problems topics will be scrutinised and approved by CLAS before research can begin. Students can expect guidance from the module convenor and an academic supervisor throughout the process, varying from one-to-one tutorials to classes on how to edit your own prose. There will also be a meeting regarding the Dissertation at the end of the Spring term of the previous year to clarify arrangements and to outline what work is required on this module.
The programme document with regulations is sent to all students at the end of spring term of Stage 2. Students are invited to suggest titles for comment, for which tutors are allocated. They are advised to do preliminary reading over the summer based on generic advice of the module convenor. They then choose precise topics in consultation with the convenor and personal tutors at the start of the autumn term.
The course will be taught by lectures, small-group seminars (for prose style), and one-to-one tutorials, normally in 1 hour sessions. Students will receive 7 hours of lectures, 2 hours of seminars, and 5 hours supervision by supervisors, commutable as time spent producing written comments on drafts. Students are expected to put in 286 hours of private study, making this 300 hours for a 30 credit module.
This is a core module for all Single Honours Stage 3 students in Classical & Archaeological Studies and Ancient History
100% coursework
Indicative Reading List -
The MLA Style Sheet (New York 1970).
MHRA style book, notes for authors, editors and writers of Dissertations (London 1978).
F.W. Jenkins, Classical Studies. A Guide to the Reference Literature, 2nd edition (London 2006).
See also the updated MHRA Style Guide (MHRA 2002) on the web at www.mhra.org.uk
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
This module addresses one of the fundamental aims of the programme, to familiarise students with the techniques of independent study and practice students methodological skills they have acquired/are acquiring in their other modules. However, there should not be a major overlap between the content of dissertations and assessments that students have produced for other modules.
Students who successfully complete this module will be able to:
SLO 1. Demonstrate that they can choose a topic appropriate to their skills and interests, and where possible will be able to demonstrate originality in theme or approach.
SLO 2. Demonstrate pursuit of guided research into their chosen topic in classical and archaeological studies.
SLO 3. Demonstrate that they have been introduced to management of and standards pertinent to research publication in classics and archaeology.
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