Have you ever wanted to research a subject in depth and change the way we look at an issue through literature? Write your own novel or poetry collection? This module, running over two terms, presents an opportunity to create a guided independent project exploring personal and/or professional interests.
Students taking The Project will take a guided strand relevant to their chosen project and complete their course having created piece of work that can exist in the world beyond Turnitin. For example, they can be guided to make and publish their own book, to write their own dissertation on a topic of their choice or write a new portfolio of creative texts. Students will explore their own subject matter, develop their independent research skills, enhance their creative/critical skills and lay claim to an area of study in their chosen form.
Students write a proposal for their project and are assigned a supervisor accordingly. Feasible project proposals depend on being able to match projects with an appropriate supervisor, so may shift in scope from year to year depending on staff availability. Students will be led through the development of their project by a combination of one-to-one supervisions, and a series of lectures and workshops designed to hone the ideas and skills they need to fulfil their project. During the development of the project, students will submit plans and literature reviews and offer a presentation on their work as it progresses.
The Project presents a chance to devote a sustained period to an area for which students feel enthusiasm, curiosity, and passion. The focus of this module is an in-depth scrutiny of a subject through primary and secondary research and writing and compositional processes.
In this capstone module, students work as a literary critic or a professional writer to put the research skills and training developed earlier in their degree into practice. The Project will also help foster transferable skills such as: organisation
independence
and project-management.
Lectures 3, Workshops 22, Supervisory meetings 6
1, 500 words Plan and review. Assessment Details: Project Plan and literature review worth 20%.
10 mins Presentation. Assessment Details: Presentation worth 20%.
8,000 words or equivalent Final project: . Assessment Details: dissertation, book, portfolio, or other appropriate form worth 60%.
Reassessment Method: Single instrument100% written assessment (8000 words or equivalent)
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1) discover, investigate and evaluate a range of primary texts relevant to their specialist topic
2) identify, interpret and deploy secondary sources to effectively situate their study in its specific context and issue
3) create, enact and modify a project management plan that allows time for independent and creative research
4) design and deliver a piece of original research/ writing based on advanced skills of analysis and interpretation
5) Apply skills learned earlier in their degree – such as close reading, historical analysis, understanding of genres of writing – to produce an extended piece of work that speaks to audiences beyond the university
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