Project/Dissertation

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Produce an independently conducted piece of demographic research.
• Obtain information from a variety of sources, evaluate it critically and discriminate between useful and less useful information
• Construct clear, detailed, and logical arguments.
• Gain expertise on a particular topic of study.

Taught part:

• Getting started with the dissertation: research question, project and planning
• Contents of a dissertation: outline and main sections
• Your dissertations: background, aims and research methods
• The final stage: completing and submitting your work
• Tentative results: Presentations to the Social Statistics staff

Independent study part:

• Individual, supervised work on the project and dissertation

Students will have a supervisor appointed to them to guide them through the project. Meetings will take place either face to face or online depending on situation re COVID-19.

There will be 5 seminars, led by the co-ordinator at intervals during the academic year including sessions where students present their ongoing work. These will either take place face to face or online.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.