Module overview
You will undertake a substantive piece of independent work. This is designed to demonstrate your ability to manage your own learning, to draw together information for a variety of sources and to make use of a range of concepts and techniques
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use Learning skills: you will need to learn effectively and with self-awareness. You will need to learn independently, to make good use of the available resources, to find and organise material and to use a wide range of academic skills.
- Self-manage: you will need to set personal objectives, to manage your time and tasks and to evaluate your own performance.
- Communicate: you will need to be able to marshal what you have learnt in the form of a report and present a coherent argument.
Syllabus
This is an independent study
Learning and Teaching
Type | Hours |
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Independent Study | 300 |
Total study time | 300 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Course information available via blackboard..
Assessment
Assessment strategy
You will submit two separate pieces of work, at least one of which will be associated with quantitative methods and would be of an empirical nature. Both pieces of work can be a part of a single bigger project, but can also be independent of each other.
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final Report | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final Report | 100% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Final Report | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External