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On completion of this module, students should be able to:
- demonstrate the capacity to study independently and to produce an extended piece of written work;
- demonstrate research and organisation skills, and sustained facility in analysis, expression and argument;
- demonstrate self-motivation, and appropriate intelligent interaction with sources relevant to their research.
This is a student-led independent research project carried out over the spring and summer trimesters.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Student Learning | 600 |
| Total | 600 |
Not applicable to this module.
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Autumn | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
Students draft a provisional thesis proposal in the autumn/spring semester and receive initial feedback from their programme director before being assigned a supervisor. Students are allocated a suitable supervisor from the School of English, Drama and Film staff who will meet with the student according to an agreed schedule to give feedback on their written work up during the summer trimester.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Dr Tupur Chattopadhyay | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Professor Danielle Clarke | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Sharae Deckard | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Professor Fionnuala Dillane | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Katherine Fama | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Professor Anne Fogarty | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Chloe Green | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Professor Margaret Kelleher | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Assoc Professor Jorie Lagerwey | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Maria Mulvany | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Professor Emilie Pine | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
| Dr Martha Shearer | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |