Module MEIS3352: DISSERTATION

Department: GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS (MIDDLE EASTERN AND ISLAMIC STUDIES)

MEIS3352: DISSERTATION

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• A Final year individual study project which aims to introduce students to research methods, the development of a coherent thesis and the study of a specific subject in depth, with limited supervision which aims to encourage individual research and initiative.

Content

• Any subject relating to the Middle East for which there is sufficient and accessible primary material.
• The student must submit a proposal justifying the topic selected and its feasibility.
• The final subject matter will be agreed by the student and his/her supervisor, subject to approval by the IMEIS Board of Studies.

Learning Outcomes

• The student should have acquired the ability to construct a bibliography, formulate a research question, and bring together information from a variety of sources, including primary where available, and synthesise them into a coherent whole with a clear argument, recognisable structure, and accurately referenced throughout with either footnotes or endnotes.
• While the student will be afforded limited supervision, a key learning outcome will be to show individual initiative and an ability to work alone.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• The student will be afforded individual supervision with his/her supervisor with a view to encouraging individual initiative and research skills.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

None.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University