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Module Title
History Dissertation
School
History and Cultures
Department
History
Module Code
09 18029
Module Lead
Dr R P Cust
Level
Masters Level
Credits
60
Semester
Full Term
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions
Postgraduate students in the School of Historical Studies
Exclusions
Description
A substantial and sustained investigation of an historical problem relating to the relevant historical period in the light of current knowledge and current interpretations and of an analysis of the available primary source materials. The findings of this investigation are then presented in an extended form with full argumentation and scholarly apparatus, so that the identity and value of the sources on one hand and the quality and structure of the argument on the other can be clearly understood by the reader.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the module the student should be able to:Produce a plan for the investigation of the sources and (provisionally) of the ultimate structure of the dissertation;Carry out a thorough and detailed analysis of the primary and secondary sources for the chosen topic in accordance with that plan and building upon Research Methods and Skills: Dissertation Preparaton;Write up and present a dissertation with a sustained argument and interpretation of the evidence on the chosen topic.
