HR231-5-SP-CO:
Choosing Your Past: How to Design and Manage a Research Project
2017/18
History
Colchester Campus
Spring
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Monday 15 January 2018
Friday 23 March 2018
15
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Requisites for this module
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BA V100 History,
BA V101 History (Including Year Abroad),
BA V102 History (Including Foundation Year),
BA V103 History (Including Placement Year),
BA V1W6 History with Film Studies,
BA V1W7 History with Film Studies (Including Placement Year),
BA V1W8 History with Film Studies (Including Foundation Year),
BA V1WP History with Film Studies (Including Year Abroad),
BA V1L2 History with Human Rights,
BA V1L8 History with Human Rights (Including Foundation Year),
BA V1LF History with Human Rights (Including Year Abroad),
BA V1LG History with Human Rights (Including Placement Year),
BA V140 Modern History,
BA V144 Modern History (Including Foundation Year),
BA V148 Modern History (Including Placement Year),
BA V149 Modern History (Including Year Abroad)
Building on the skills that you have gained in your first year of study on HR101, this module helps you to prepare for successful completion of your Research Project (HR831) in your final year. The module explains the purpose of the Project, and provides a sense of how researchers develop research projects (from methodology and literature reviews to thinking about language, using primary sources and archives, and managing time and planning effectively). In seminars you will be able to discuss and practise the skills you are learning and to benefit from peer discussion of ideas. The weekly log is intended to keep you engaged with the module over the entire term and to enable you to complete the final piece of module coursework – the proposal for your own research Project for HR831
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This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
A Portfolio (2500 words in total) |
|
50% |
| Coursework |
Project Proposal (2000 words) |
|
40% |
| Practical |
Project Presentation |
|
10% |
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
Prof Alison Rowlands, email: alisonc@essex.ac.uk.
Belinda Waterman, Department of History, 01206 872313
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
Of 59 hours, 49 (83.1%) hours available to students:
1 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
9 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
History
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