This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module is intended to introduce undergraduate students to independent research and provide the opportunity for sustained, detailed study of a topic of their choosing. The topic chosen must relate to a specific aspect of Italian culture or language. Originality and feasibility are important aspects of writing dissertations and topics must be scrutinised and approved in advance by the module convenor or dissertation supervisor. Students can expect guidance from the module convenor and an academic supervisor throughout the process, including one-to-one tutorials.
Total Contact Hours: 6
Private Study Hours: 294
Total Study Hours: 300
Main assessment methods
• Dissertation (10,000 words) – 100%
Reassessment methods
• Reassessment Instrument: 100% Project
Indicative Reading List
Denscombe, M. (1998). The Good Research Guide, Buckingham: Open University;
Rudestam, K. and Newton, R. (1992). Surviving Your Dissertation: A Comprehensive Guide to Content and Process, London: Sage
See the library reading list for this module (Canterbury)
The intended subject specific learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Undertake comprehensive, detailed research on a specific area of Italian culture or language;
2 Demonstrate in-depth and advanced subject knowledge of a particular area of Italian studies;
3 Engage with primary and secondary source material in a scholarly way, demonstrating the ability to understand concepts and debates relevant to the study of Italian
culture and demonstrate a critical understanding of their assumptions, implications, limitations or contradictions.
The intended generic learning outcomes.
On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
1 Identify an appropriate topic for personal study;
2 Work, study and undertake systematic and analytical research independently;
3 Organise the work involved in an extensive research project;
4 Marshal complex knowledge and present it clearly and logically in the substantive form of a dissertation.
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