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Programme and Module Handbook

Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2013-2014 (archived)

Module ARCH42315: PRACTICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY SKILLS

Department: Archaeology

ARCH42315: PRACTICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY SKILLS

Type Tied Level 4 Credits 15 Availability Available in 2013/14 Module Cap None.
Tied to F4K007

Prerequisites

  • RESEARCH AND STUDY SKILLS IN SOCIAL ARCHAEOLOGY

Corequisites

  • NONE.

Excluded Combination of Modules

  • NONE.

Aims

  • TO ENABLE STUDENTS TO ACQUIRE, DEVELOP AND APPLY A VARIETY OF PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL RESEARCH METHODS AND SKILLS

Content

  • INDICATIVE CONTENT
  • GIS
  • GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY
  • ARTEFACT CATALOGUING
  • SPATIAL ANALYSIS
  • CERAMIC ANALYSIS

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:
  • AN ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE OF A PRACTICAL RESEARCH APPLICATION
Subject-specific Skills:
  • PRACTICAL UNDERSTANDING AND INTERPRETATION OF A RANGE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH SKILLS
Key Skills:
  • STUDENTS WILL HAVE APPLIED IT TO A RANGE OF TASKS INCLUDING THE GATHERING OF DATA AND PRESENTATION OF ARGUMENT AND ANALYSIS.

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

  • LECTURES, SEMINARS, PRACTICALS AND FIELDTRIPS

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity Number Frequency Duration Total/Hours
PRACTICAL 1 1 3 HOURS 3
LECTURE 1 1 1 HOUR 1
SEMINAR 1 1 1 HOUR 1
FIELD TRIPS 5 1 5 HOURS 5
PREPARATION AND READING 140
TOTAL 150

Summative Assessment

Component: Assignment Component Weighting: 100%
Element Length / duration Element Weighting Resit Opportunity
Assignment 3000 words 100%

Formative Assessment:

As RSS is a prerequisite the formative on RSS is the formative for this module


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