Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:08
This course requires students to prepare a 12,000 word dissertation. By the end of the course students will have learned how to understand, synthesize and present data in an intelligent and intelligible fashion. Through guidance and supervision they will develop their academic writing skills in order to write and present an extended dissertation on a topic relevant to the course.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 60 credits (30 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Offshore | Sustained Study | No |
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During this course, students will develop and conduct their own research on a topic in Professional Communication using the methods, knowledge and understanding developed in the rest of the course. Students will prepare a 12, 000 word dissertation under supervision from a member of the linguistics staff, and they will be encouraged to develop, analyse and discuss their own data sets.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand research processes and their application to analysis of an institutional context. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Ability to analyse scholarly literature and address gaps in research. |
| Procedural | Apply | Ability to apply relevant methodology to research, specifically to apply the best analytical model and theoretical approach to research area chosen data set. |
| Procedural | Create | Ability to structure and present coherent, critical argument and contribute to the creation of new knowledge through research. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to gather data and to consider ethical implications, correct data collection procedures and evaluate the relevance of data collected for analysis. |
| Reflection | Understand | Critical Thinking skills and the development of in depth knowledge of research practices and cutting edge processes. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Reflection | Understand | Critical Thinking skills and the development of in depth knowledge of research practices and cutting edge processes. |
| Procedural | Create | Ability to structure and present coherent, critical argument and contribute to the creation of new knowledge through research. |
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand research processes and their application to analysis of an institutional context. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Ability to gather data and to consider ethical implications, correct data collection procedures and evaluate the relevance of data collected for analysis. |
| Procedural | Apply | Ability to apply relevant methodology to research, specifically to apply the best analytical model and theoretical approach to research area chosen data set. |
| Procedural | Analyse | Ability to analyse scholarly literature and address gaps in research. |
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