Unit name | Supervised Independent Study |
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Unit code | SPOLM4300 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Demi Patsios |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School for Policy Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
This unit will enable students to pursue a topic of interest and relevance to them with the support of individual supervision. This unit is only available to students registered for MSc/Diploma degrees in Policy Research and Social Work Research in the School for Policy Studies. Agreement will be on the proviso that the work done is not covered by content already available to the student in the taught part of the programme attended by the student. The student will undertake independent study in accordance with the published guidelines and produce a piece of work for assessment.
Aims:
This unit will enable participants to:
Produce a written assignment, presentation or other appropriate document as agreed with the supervisor and described in the proposal for independent study.
On successful completion of this unit students will have:
Supervised Individual Study will normally be conducted independently with regular, negotiated, supervisory contact.
The assessment tests all the learning outcomes on the unit. It will comprise a written assignment of 4,000 words or equivalent, which takes the form of a report or any other product or combination of products which demonstrate that the student has developed his or her ability to explore analytically an appropriate issue or area of policy research or social work research.
Key readings will be determined by the topic being investigated and are therefore not generic to the supervised individual study mode.