GV831-6-FY-CO:
Research Project: Politics
2021/22
Government
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 07 October 2021
Friday 01 July 2022
30
12 May 2021
Requisites for this module
(none)
(none)
(none)
EC831, GV830, GV832, GV836, GV837, HR831
(none)
BA LR59 International Relations and Modern Languages (5 Years Including Foundation Year),
BA LRF9 International Relations and Modern Languages,
BA R110 International Relations and Language Studies,
BA R111 International Relations and Language Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA L215 Politics with Business,
BA L216 Politics with Business (Including Placement Year),
BA L217 Politics with Business (including Year Abroad),
BSC LL25 Politics with Business,
BSC LL26 Politics with Business (Including Placement Year),
BSC LL27 Politics with Business (including Year Abroad),
BA L212 Global Politics,
BA L213 Global Politics (including Placement Year),
BA L214 Global Politics (including Year Abroad),
BSC LL20 Politics with Data Science,
BSC LL21 Politics with Data Science,
BSC LL22 Politics with Data Science
Students in the Government Department will be expected to participate in the Capstone Project, an opportunity to conduct their own independent research and to write their own undergraduate research dissertation. The word count for the project should be 8,000 words inclusive of notes and bibliography.
Students can work in pairs for the final project to promote team building and mutual learning, but the project must in that case be 10,000 words.
The aims of the module are to endow students with the skills necessary for putting together a well-written, well-researched dissertation and to provide them with in-depth knowledge in a specific area of research of their choosing.
By the end of this module, students will have:
Understood how to take initiative in developing a research project;
Know how to design, run, and execute their own research project;
Gained self-discipline in setting deadlines and adhering to them;
Acquired in-depth knowledge in a subject matter that they are interested in.
A Qualtrics Survey link will be sent to students during Week 1 in which they will indicate the topic they wish to pursue and the topic area of their dissertation. Final assignment of supervisor will be done centrally to avoid imbalances of supervision or mismatch of topical fit. If a member of staff has agreed to act as a supervisor for a student, the student must email govquery@essex.ac.uk with the name of the supervisor by the end of Week 1. We will try to accommodate this in the assignment of supervisors but the final decision of supervisor assignment lies with the Department of Government. Students will be notified of their supervisor assignment by Week 2 of autumn term.
The Capstone Project is taught through supervisions with a supervisor that are arranged between the department, student and the supervisor.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Poster |
|
5% |
| Coursework |
Dissertation |
|
95% |
Additional coursework information
There are two pieces of assessment:
1. Poster: Capstone students are required to prepare, present and upload a poster of their research project. The poster counts for 5% of the module credit. Students receive the full 5% so long as they present and upload a poster to Faser. Presentations will take place during the Student Conference – more details will follow from the module leader.
2. Final dissertation: This is an 8000-word dissertation inclusive of notes and bibliography. The Final Dissertation counts for 95% of the module credit.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, email: s.shairrosenfield@essex.ac.uk.
Module Administration: govquery@essex.ac.uk
govquery@essex.ac.uk
No
No
No
There is no financial assistance from the University for travel costs associated with work placements or live projects as part of this module.
Dr Mohammed Rodwan Abouharb
University College London
Available via Moodle
Of 776 hours, 36 (4.6%) hours available to students:
740 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
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