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By the end of this module students should have:
1. Formulated the research framework for their MA/MSc dissertation.
2. Developed critical thinking, critical reading, writing, presentation skills and research design skills.
3. Advanced their understanding of research themes in a specialist area of geography.
4. Greater awareness of the demands and requirements of autonomous learning.
Literature reviews: Search process (topics, keywords, bibliographies – relevance)
Research approaches
Critical thinking and reading
Critical writing and writing strategies / literature map
Research questions: Identification, hypotheses and effectiveness
Elements of a research proposal
Academic writing
Methods
Project management
Giving presentations
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 100 |
Total | 124 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Written Proposal | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 50 |
Continuous Assessment: A series of research design tasks, class participation, including attendance to School's research seminar series | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Presentation: Presentation | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Feedback for the assessments throughout the trimester will be given to the student individually post submission and/or during class.
Name | Role |
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Professor Niamh Moore Cherry | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 1, 2, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12 | Mon 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 11 | Mon 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 3 | Mon 11:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 4, 5, 6 | Mon 11:00 - 12:50 |