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Unit information: Project in 2014/15

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Unit name Project
Unit code PHILM0008
Credit points 20
Level of study M/7
Teaching block(s) Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12)
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director Dr. Grose
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None

Co-requisites

None

School/department Department of Philosophy
Faculty Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

This unit will be taught by individual tutorials, and can be taken in either semester. It will consist of advanced research on a particular topic. Students will meet regularly with an adviser and write an extended essay of between 5,000-6,000 words.

Aims:

This unit is taught through the medium of individual tutorials with research specialists on agreed topics of your choosing, and leads to an extended essay of 5,000 - 6,000 words. The unit is designed to allow students to benefit fully from the expertise of the Department's academic staff in order to produce high-quality work on a variety of topics in philosophy.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Refer to faculty guidelines for independent study unit

Teaching Information

Tutorials.

Assessment Information

One essay of 5,000-6,000 words (excluding notes and bibliography)

Reading and References

Supervised individual study essay on a topic of the student's choice

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