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HIS-40028 - Module Specification
School of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

For academic year: 2024/25 Last Updated: 20 November 2024

HIS-40028 - Dissertation - History
Coordinator: Kristen Brill Tel: +44 1782 7 33201
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 7
Credits: 60
Study Hours: 600
School Office: 01782 733147

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

A dissertation is a piece of personal research, testing students' ability to ask interesting questions, find and assess evidence in the quest to answer them, and fit questions and answers together in an extended piece of written work. The finished piece should express students' final conclusions in a convincing and coherent way.
This dissertation module allows you to produce your own piece of independent historical research, guided by a supervisor who will have expertise in the field.

Aims
To undertake a piece of advanced, independent historical research supervised and supported by a member of staff with expertise in the area.

Intended Learning Outcomes

read critically and assess primary materials and to judge their historical significance in a highly reflective manner, demonstrating a deep understanding of the historical and intellectual context: 1
formulate a question or series of questions to answer an historical problem: 1
Reflect critically on the place of a specific research topic within wider debates in the discipline: 1
plan and construct a substantial independent research project in History: 1
critically evaluate the themes of and historiographical background of a detailed theme or focused period of History in a highly reflective manner, demonstrating verbal, organizational, intellectual, and reflective skills: 1
formulate a question or series of questions to answer an historical problem: 1

Study hours

Individual supervision 10 hours (this augments/extends the considerable contact hours for planning the dissertation embedded in other modules such as the Directed Reading in History Module).
Research 360 hours
Writing plan 60 hours
Writing dissertation 140 hours
Revision of drafts and proof reading 30 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Dissertation weighted 100%
dissertation of 15000 words


The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 20 November 2024