| Unit name | Project |
|---|---|
| Unit code | PHILM0008 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Bertram |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Philosophy |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit will be taught by individual tutorials, and can be taken in either semester. It will consist of advanced research on a particular topic. Students will meet regularly with an adviser and write an extended essay of between 5,000-6,000 words.
Aims:
This unit is taught through the medium of individual tutorials with research specialists on agreed topics of your choosing, and leads to an extended essay of 5,000 - 6,000 words. The unit is designed to allow students to benefit fully from the expertise of the Department's academic staff in order to produce high-quality work on a variety of topics in philosophy.
Refer to faculty guidelines for independent study unit
Tutorials (online or in person).
Summative Assessment: One essay of up to 6,000 words (excluding bibliography) - 100%
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. PHILM0008).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
