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This course allows students to work independently on an extended piece of work, giving them experience of carrying out individual research and using library resources and other research tools independently.

5x30min individual supervision sessions TBA. 3 x 1hr workshops as scheduled on MyCampus.

Successful completion of Junior Honours in Russian.

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Dissertation (6000 words) - 100%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the Dissertation, but extensions to the deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustment (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

It is the default expectation that all courses will offer opportunities for reassessment or deferred assessment. Where it is not possible to offer this in some assessment components, the grade achieved at the first attempt will be counted towards the final course grade, and any exceptions for this course are described below.

[No exceptions]

This course will provide the opportunity to:

■ develop competence in research methods and good academic practice;

■ carry out an independent academic study under the guidance of a supervisor in an area of expertise covered by a relevant member of staff;

■ undertake sustained independent analysis of a substantial body of primary materials, informed by relevant scholarship;

■ develop investigative, creative and organisational skills valuable not only in research in a modern foreign language and culture but also in most branches of graduate employment;

■ reflect on and articulate the skills developed in the process of writing a dissertation.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ identify and formulate research questions;

■ select from among a range of qualitative, quantitative, critical, historical, or theoretical methodologies, and apply these as appropriate;

■ synthesise and evaluate scholarship relevant to the field(s) of research in question;

■ relate the topic to other work in the same area;

■ organise the materials clearly, in a well-structured and clearly presented form;

■ apply consistent rules of presentation of bibliographical materials, appendices and footnotes, using recognised academic standards;

■ through the Reflective Appendix, articulate their achievement in terms of skills relevant to potential future employment.