All second year students following BA courses in Art History or joint degrees with Art History are required to work on an independent research project in their final year. This capstone project is designed by the student and must be approved and then supervised by a member of teaching staff. Students can take EITHER AR383-6-AU, AR383-6- SP, or AR382-6-FY. Students CANNOT take more than ONE dissertation module as an undergraduate.
There are normally between two and four meetings with the supervisor over the autumn term of the final year. The supervisor will oversee your work in the sense of making suggestions as to the shape of the dissertation and reading drafts.
The dissertation should be 5000 words long (plus or minus 10%). It must be word-processed and conform to the 'Guidelines for the Writing of Dissertations and Research Papers' (see Appendix C of the SPAH undergraduate handbook) and submitted to FASer by 18 January, 2018 at 10am. Two copies of the dissertation should be handed in to Sarah Mumford in the School Office by 12.00 noon on Friday 19 January 2018. No extensions will be granted. The dissertation will be independently marked by two markers and moderated by the External Examiner. Your dissertation should show that you have an all-round grasp of your subject and can present your material clearly, succinctly and in the most appropriate sequence. The examiners will not look for original research but for evidence of a serious engagement with your topic, a mastery of the information currently available and a personal point of view.
Aims:
The aims of this module are:
to allow third/final year students to conceive, develop and complete an extended piece of written work based primarily on their own independent research into a topic which they have chosen themselves.
There are normally between two and four meetings with the supervisor over the autumn term of the final year. The supervisor will oversee your work in the sense of making suggestions as to the shape of the dissertation and reading drafts.
The dissertation should be 5000 words long (plus or minus 10%). It must be word-processed and conform to the 'Guidelines for the Writing of Dissertations and Research Papers' (see Appendix C of the SPAH undergraduate handbook) and submitted to FASer by 18 January, 2018 at 10am. Two copies of the dissertation should be handed in to Sarah Mumford in the School Office by 12.00 noon on Friday 19 January 2018. No extensions will be granted. The dissertation will be independently marked by two markers and moderated by the External Examiner. Your dissertation should show that you have an all-round grasp of your subject and can present your material clearly, succinctly and in the most appropriate sequence. The examiners will not look for original research but for evidence of a serious engagement with your topic, a mastery of the information currently available and a personal point of view.
Aims:
The aims of this module are:
to allow third/final year students to conceive, develop and complete an extended piece of written work based primarily on their own independent research into a topic which they have chosen themselves.