Dissertation BA English

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 6
• Convenor: Dr Grace Halden
• Assessment: a progress portfolio (0%) and a 7000-word project (100%)

As a final-year BA English student, you will undertake a dissertation, a substantial piece of independent research and writing on an area of English literature of your choice.

While you are not expected to have made a firm decision about your topic in your penultimate year of study, you are required to give a general idea of your proposed topic of study so that you can be allocated a supervisor. Your supervisor can offer you three hours of supervision, and will read and comment on up to 2000 words of a first draft. You will also have meetings with the module convenor.

You should provide a project proposal by the first week of the summer term in your penultimate year of study using a proforma available from the BA English programme Moodle site.

Indicative project support meetings schedule

• Spring term, penultimate year of study: What is a final-year project?
• Autumn term: Making progress with your project
• Spring term: Shaping and presenting your project

This module will develop your skills in:

• independent research
• planning and shaping a substantial research topic
• planning and time management
• presentation and drawing up a bibliography.