- UCAS course code
- QL16
- UCAS institution code
- M20
BA Linguistics and Social Anthropology / Course details
Year of entry: 2024
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Course unit details:
Dissertation B - 20 credit dissertation
Unit code | SOAN30600 |
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Credit rating | 20 |
Unit level | Level 3 |
Teaching period(s) | Full year |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Students will be provided with a forum for discussion on research methods, covering the key stages entailed - from crystallising research aims and objectives, devising research strategies, and organising materials for the writing process. The course places emphasis on practical workshops in the first semester, as well as theoretical and ethical concerns surrounding the politics of knowledge and ethnographic work and representation.
Pre/co-requisites
Dissertation B is available to students who are specialising in Social Anthropology on the BA (Hons) Social Sciences, the BA(Econ)(Hons) and the BA (Hons) in Linguistics and Social Anthropology.
Aims
Students will identify clear and limited research aims and objectives thus formulating clear research questions, devise research strategies, carry out a literature search, and initial organisation of materials for the writing process. During the second semester, students will write their dissertation.
Learning outcomes
By the end of the first semester, students will be able to formulate their own research questions, be aware of how to research them in an anthropological way, be aware of both ethical and theoretical concerns on how to address the question and have completed all the necessary background work to complete a dissertation. During the second semester, students will write a dissertation supported by regular meetings with their dissertation supervisor.
Teaching and learning methods
There will be a series of optional workshops at the beginning of the first semester, complemented by one-to-one supervision with dissertation supervisors throughout the year. Whilst the workshops are optional, students will benefit from attending them.
Assessment methods
- Dissertation of 8,000 words (worth 100%)
Feedback methods
Students will receive one-to-one supervision to support their dissertation writing. They will therefore receive ongoing feedback on their progress, as long as they take advantage of the supervision on offer.
Recommended reading
Students will be asked to spend the summer period with preliminary reading in their general field of interest.
Study hours
Scheduled activity hours | |
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Practical classes & workshops | 10 |
Project supervision | 8 |
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 182 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Sonja Dobroski | Unit coordinator |