LARC40430 Landscape Studies: Major Essay

Academic Year 2021/2022

Taught mainly through individual tutorials, students choose a subject of research that is of relevance to the contemporary discipline.

A small individually supervised research project will explore some aspect of anthropogenic landscape. Research will engage with a range of past and present pressures that have moulded the present day landscape, and demand changes for the future. Work in progress will be presented twice before a dissertation of 8000 words, or the equivalent in an appropriate medium, is submitted.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

Students develop advanced research and documentation skills, and apply them in the critical analysis of a contemporary issue of importance to the discipline.

On completion of this module students should have:
Established individual research skills and developed critical thinking as instruments for appraisal and innovation.
Acquired and demonstrated excellent skills of communication and documentation of research and critical thinking.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Tutorial

9
Seminar (or Webinar)

2
Specified Learning Activities

72
Autonomous Student Learning

120
Total

203
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
active/task-based learning; critical writing; reflective learning; enquiry & problem-based learning; debates; case-based learning; student presentations, etc. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Submission of dissertation Coursework (End of Trimester) n/a Graded No

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
Repeat Within Two Trimesters
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Regular discussions precede assessment

Kate L. Turabian (2018) A manual for writers of research papers, theses and dissertations, 9th Edition. University of Chicago Press.
Name Role
Professor Frieder Luz Lecturer / Co-Lecturer