131-540 Reading Course

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131-540 Reading Course
Availability	4th year and postgraduate
Credit Points	12.5
Coordinator	PG Coordinator, History & Gender Studies
Prerequisites	Usually admission to an MA program in public history, history or gender studies.
Semester	1, repeat 2 (view timetable)
Contact	Weekly supervision sessions with designated reading course supervisor as arranged. Students may also be encouraged to attend a 2-hour seminar per week
Subject Description	This subject involves a supervised study of an area of scholarship chosen by the student in consultation with an appointed supervisor. A reading list will be agreed upon and discussed regularly during the semester as the reading proceeds. The subject should enhance the student's powers of independent inquiry, should encourage initiative in self-directed research, and should strengthen the student's capacities in theoretical analysis and argument.
Generic Skills	show an advanced understanding of the changing knowledge base in the specialist area; be able to evaluate and synthesise the research and professional literature in the discipline; have an appreciation of the design, conduct and reporting of original research.
Assessment	Written work totalling 5000 words 100% (due at the end of semester).

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