History Dissertation European Exp WW1 (V1403D)
History Special Dissertation: European Experience of WW1
Module V1403D
Module details for 2021/22.
30 credits
FHEQ Level 6
Module Outline
This is a final year module, which will require you to address an historical problem in depth. You will set your own research project and its questions, resolve those questions by means of a module involving the design of a research outline and carry out your own research based on primary historical sources. You will also develop the skills necessary to write an extended piece of written work based on this (usually archival) research.
Module learning outcomes
Define a research question and agenda.
Undertake archive or text based research.
Construct complex written arguments of greater length than hitherto on the basis of historical research using primary sources.
| Type | Timing | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Dissertation (8000 words) | Semester 2 Assessment Week 1 Tue 16:00 | 100.00% |
Timing
Submission deadlines may vary for different types of assignment/groups of students.
Weighting
Coursework components (if listed) total 100% of the overall coursework weighting value.
| Term | Method | Duration | Week pattern |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autumn Semester | Lecture | 1 hour | 11100000000 |
| Autumn Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 00001010101 |
| Spring Semester | Seminar | 2 hours | 10101010101 |
How to read the week pattern
The numbers indicate the weeks of the term and how many events take place each week.
Dr Claudia Siebrecht
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Dr Laura Kounine
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Prof Martin Francis
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