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Module Title	LH Urban and Regional Studies Extended Essay
School	School of Geog Earth & Env Sci
Department	Geography
Module Code	08 26015
Module Lead
Level	Honours Level
Credits	20
Semester	Full Term
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Project supervision-15 hours Practical Classes and workshops-10 hours Guided independent study-175 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	The extended essay length is 7,500 words and needs to be on a planning related topic. It can either be a thematic generic review, a topic analysis made on one case study or a critical assessment of one or several related policies. It is correlated to each student?s personal and professional interest and should have some practical and policy relevance.
Learning Outcomes	Demonstrate their ability to plan, manage and conduct a piece of research which includes: FInding the relevant body of literature and doing a literature review, Building a research a methodology identifying the relevant methods (e.g selection of case studies, interviews, survey, etc) Analysing and critically reflecting on the results
Assessment	26015-01 : Extended Essay : Dissertation (100%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessments: One 7,500 Extended Essay (100%)Reassessment: Final year module
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