HR831-6-FY-CO:
Research Project
2018/19
History
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 04 October 2018
Friday 28 June 2019
30
01 March 2002
Requisites for this module
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EC831, GV831, GV832, GV836
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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 MV91 History and Criminology,
BA MV92 History and Criminology (Including Placement Year),
BA MV98 History and Criminology (Including Foundation Year),
BA MV9C History and Criminology (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV11 History and Economics,
BA LV18 History and Economics (Including Foundation Year),
BA V1L1 History and Economics (Including Placement Year),
BA VL11 History and Economics (Including Year Abroad),
BA QV21 History and Literature,
BA QV22 History and Literature (Including Placement Year),
BA QV2C History and Literature (Including Foundation Year),
BA VQ12 History and Literature (Including Year Abroad),
BA LV31 History and Sociology,
BA LV32 History and Sociology (Including Placement Year),
BA LV38 History and Sociology (Including Foundation Year),
BA LV3C History and Sociology (Including Year Abroad),
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)
The History Research Project (HR831) is a substantial piece of historical research which you will have begun in your second year of study. In the final year of your course you will complete your research, write up your findings and submit your Research Project in the Summer Term.
The Research Project is the longest single piece of work you will do at Essex and plays an important part in the assessment of your degree scheme, forming one-eighth of your final mark. It is also the intellectual culmination of your history degree, giving you the opportunity to engage in independent research on a topic of your choice and to develop your own ideas and arguments in order to create a new piece of history. By doing your Research Project you will develop your research, writing and presentation skills; you will also be able to demonstrate project-management skills, as you plan and execute a major piece of work to a specified time-scale. These are all valuable skills that you can take with you into further study or the world of work.
Your Research Project must be submitted in one of the following two formats:
-EITHER a 10,000-word dissertation, usually consisting of an introduction, three or four chapters and a conclusion;
-OR a 5,000-word research report (usually consisting of an introduction, one or two chapters and a conclusion), PLUS a public history output, such as a series of museum exhibition boards, a podcast, web resources or a play or film script (the equivalent of 5,000 words). Students opting for this format will need to demonstrate creatively how they will make their research available to a public (ie: non-academic) audience and to reflect critically on the issues that this endeavour raises. They will also need to check with their supervisor and the Research Projects Director that their public history output is substantial enough to equate to 5,000 words of written work.
On HR831 you will attend a series of lectures, individual and small-group supervisions and workshops in the autumn and spring terms of your final year, which will help you with the final stages of your research and the writing up and submission process.
You will then submit a 1,500-word draft section of your Research Project for formative feedback only in the spring term of your final year, before submitting the final version of your Research Project in the Summer Term.
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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 |
Research Project draft (1,500 words) |
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0% |
| Coursework |
Research Project - FINAL |
|
100% |
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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Dr Mark Stephen Rowe Jenner
The University of York
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Dr Simon Rofe
University of London
Reader in Diplomatic and International Studies
Dr Rachel Rich
Leeds Beckett University
Senior Lecturer
Dr Mark Williams
Cardiff University
Senior Lecturer in Early Modern History
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Of 20 hours, 20 (100%) hours available to students:
0 hours not recorded due to service coverage or fault;
0 hours not recorded due to opt-out by lecturer(s).
History
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