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EL4510: DISSERTATION IN SCOTTISH LITERATURE (2019-2020)

Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58


Course Overview

Students will have the opportunity to write a dissertation on a topic of their choosing within Scottish literature.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 30 credits (15 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Timothy Baker

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • MA English and Scottish Literature
  • Programme Level 4

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

Course Aims: This course aims to provide students with an opportunity to pursue the individual specialized study of Scottish literature. it will afford students the opportunity to set literature in historical, theoretical and linguistic contexts according to the intellectual avenues a given student wishes to pursue. The distinctive feature of the dissertation is that, unlike any other English courses, the teaching process is through one-to-one supervision with an appropriate member of staff, and the topic of the dissertation while mediated by the advice of the supervisor, is the student's choice.

Students will develop knowledge and understanding of:

  1. theories and key issues relating to the study of literature
  2. literature's relationship to historical, theoretical and/or linguistic contexts
  3. significant works and movements of Scottish literature as well as key critical frameworks and an appropriate and precise critical language for their analysis and discussion.

B: Intellectual and Practical Skills. Students will develop the ability to:

  1. engage in critical thinking, through the evaluation and challenging of abstract ideas, using appropriate research methodologies and synthesising ideas drawn from a variety of source to enable reflection upon key questions relating to the study of Scottish literature;
  2. read texts closely, identifying patterns (repetitions, developments, sites of difference and disunity)
  3. engage with the process of learning in a constructive and self-motivated fashion, by following their own research interests.

Content: This course will provide students with guidance on writing a dissertation on a topic of their own choice in Scottish literature and approved by the programme co-ordinator for the Head of School.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Oral or written feedback will be given upon request as most students will have completed their degree by the time the dissertation is marked.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting
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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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