Unit information: Dissertation in 2015/16

Unit name	Dissertation
Unit code	ARCHM0017
Credit points	60
Level of study	M/7
Teaching block(s)	Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director	Professor. Hodos Lucas
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	None
Co-requisites	None
School/department	Department of Anthropology and Archaeology
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

An independant piece of research work, that demonstrates familiarity with archaeological materials, documents and archives, bibliographical resources, visual evidence and previous work on the topic. It will be expected that the dissertation will contain material that is both original and primary to the study.

Intended Learning Outcomes

1. To be able to distinguish between a range of different research methods
2. To become familiar with existing work on a particular subject
3. To use that work in order to provide a focus for independent inquiry
4. To design a project that is realistic in scope
5. To gain substantial knowledge of a specific subject area
6. To make a sustained argument or intervention, in academic debate and/or in relation to the particular research problem, appropriate to the determined mode of assessment.
7. To be able to communicate that knowledge with clarity appropriate to the determined mode of assessment.

Teaching Information

Tutorials - supervision sessions.

Assessment Information

By written dissertation [15,000 words or equivalent].

Reading and References

Reading as appropriate to individual dissertation, under the guidance of supervisor.