Undergraduate Course: MEL dissertation preparation (ELCC10005)
Course Outline
| School | School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course offers the opportunity to research in depth a subject that holds special interest to the student, subject to prior approval by the section head. Dissertation preparation takes place during the student's period of residence abroad.
Those students required to do preparation for a MEL Dissertation are:
- All Single Hons students.
- All 3rd year Joint Hons students studying 2 languages who are working abroad, or studying as independent students and are not on Erasmus exchanges.
- All Joint Hons students studying 1 language and another non-language subject who are working abroad, or studying as independent students and are not on Erasmus exchanges.
- Those Joint Hons students who have not arranged to have their credits counted from Latin American universities.
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| Course description |
Students will be sent a list of research areas, with the names of the supervisors for each area, in November, together with a Dissertation Area Choice Form which they will have to send in by the end of January. They will receive confirmation in February of who their supervisor will be. (As is the case with options, we cannot guarantee they will get their first choice.) They will then be expected to engage in an e-mail exchange with their supervisor, to arrive at a topic and a title.
In week 4 of their final year, students will have to submit, on line, a Dissertation Proposal, as follows.
- It should be 1,000 words in all, in the target language.
- It should set out the Research Questions that the student aims to address in the dissertation, and the methods to be used in addressing those questions.
- It should contain a working title, and an indication of the corpus on which the student will be working. This will normally be a bibliography of primary texts, but it might be a list of films or other cultural artefacts to be studied, etc.
- It will be marked in the usual three-week turnaround period, and feedback returned to the student. The mark will contribute 10% to the final mark for the dissertation.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Placement Study Abroad Hours 191,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
0 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
In week 3 of their final year, students will have to submit, on line, a Dissertation Proposal, as follows.
- It should be 1,000 words in all, in the target language.
- It should set out the Research Questions that the student aims to address in the dissertation, and the methods to be used in addressing those questions.
- It should contain a working title, and an indication of the corpus on which the student will be working. This will normally be a bibliography of primary texts, but it might be a list of films or other cultural artefacts to be studied, etc.
- It will be marked in the usual three-week turnaround period, and feedback returned to the student. The mark will contribute 10% to the final mark for the dissertation.
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| Feedback |
The Preparation will be marked in the usual three-week turnaround period, and feedback returned to the student. The mark will contribute 10% to the final mark for the dissertation. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Appraise a variety of source materials to compare and contrast ideas, concepts and issues and select those most appropriate.
- Critically engage with and interpret primary material and present ideas clearly in written form.
- Demonstrate analytical and organisational skills in a particular area.
- Demonstrate a nuanced understanding of complex theories or ideas.
- Demonstrate self-reliance, initiative, and the ability to work independently with an amount of supervision.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Dissertation Preparation |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Emmanuelle Lacore-Martin
Tel: (0131 6)51 1148
Email: E.Martin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Lina Gordyshevskaya
Tel:
Email: pgordysh@ed.ac.uk |
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