Unit name | MA Dissertation (Trinity & Baptist College) |
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Unit code | THRSM0056 |
Credit points | 60 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Eeva John |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
In giving approval to dissertation proposals, the course leader and faculty will be guided by the relevance of students' profiles of completed units. MA students will participate in a week-long Research Methodology course as part of the MA programme and in preparation for the dissertation. |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Religion and Theology |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
The proposed title of the dissertation, together with a brief description and initial bibliography, should be submitted to the unit director. The student and course leader will then agree on an appropriate supervisor with whom the student discusses his/her dissertation proposal. The dissertation proposal must be approved by the course leader and the supervisor. The student is responsible for arranging supervisions and for organising his or her work so that it is completed on time. MA students will meet together with a member of faculty present regularly during the year to present progress papers to one another.
On completion of the unit students should:
The student is entitled to receive no more than five hours of supervision. These will include an initial meeting, the discussion of an outline and a timetable for completion, discussion of a penultimate draft and a final draft. Particular emphasis will be placed on the use of primary sources. Feedback will include discussion at supervisions, and written comments on drafts of the dissertation.
The unit will consist of 5 contact hours in total with the supervisor.
The dissertation should be 15,000 words in length, inclusive of any appendices, but excluding footnotes and bibliography. It must be typed or word-processed, and presented in a secure folder.
Examiners shall have the discretion to give students an oral examination on the subject of their dissertation.
Not applicable.