SLL40090 Minor Thesis

Academic Year 2022/2023

All candidates are required to submit a Minor Thesis Dissertation (12,000-15,000 words). The topic is chosen by the candidate in consultation with academic staff in the School. It is normally on an area of research related to the courses followed as part of the MA programme. It must show evidence of independent work and some originality in its approach to the topic. In view of its restricted scope, i.e. as a comparatively short dissertation, it will either focus on a clearly delineated field of study or it may incorporate a wider area while restricting its main emphasis to one primary aspect of the topic. Examples of approaches that may be taken are: a minor thesis may look closely at an original research theme that is clearly demarcated; it may illustrate a familiar theory in an original way by using fresh material, or it may suggest an original synthesis of familiar readings of a text or theoretical approach. It is not required to show originality in returning to fresh sources or in radically revising standard understandings of authors and themes familiar in scholarship in the field.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

When they have completed the thesis, candidates should have acquired a good degree of proficiency in the following skills:
-academic writing with appropriate control of formal register;
-analytical writing;
-management of time and how to work to deadlines;
-recognition, selection and use of relevant research tools and/or facilities;
-construction of a thorough, precise and informative Bibliography;
-acquisition of skill to retrieve or discover necessary information;
-ability to sift through, question and analyse evidence;
-ability to be self-critical and reflective, know how to self-correct;
-facility to listen to and act upon the criticism/advice of others;
-understanding of how to present evidence and to write clearly;
-ability to produce a minor academic thesis

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Autonomous Student Learning

600

Total

600

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Critical writing. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations
Learning Requirements:

II, 1 BA


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Project: Thesis of 12,000-15,000 words Unspecified n/a Graded No

100


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn No
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
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Various, depending on supervisor

Name Role
Dr Pascale Baker Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Mary Farrelly Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Mary Gallagher Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Maria-Rosario Hernandez Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Emer O'Beirne Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Síofra Pierse Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Vera Regan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Ms Nuria de Cos Lara Lecturer / Co-Lecturer