Unit name | Planning a Creative Dissertation |
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Unit code | ENGLM0074 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Mimi Thebo |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
N/A |
Co-requisites |
N/A |
School/department | Department of English |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This is an independent study unit, with some tutor supervision, to allow and support students to undertake the initial stages of writing a full-length manuscript. Students will plan how they will approach writing the manuscript and construct a plan of work. At the same time, the student will be continuing to write the manuscript, with the clear understanding that considerable revision may be required both within the unit and beyond it.
By the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
Guided Independent study forms the majority of the teaching in this unit. Students work with lecturers to evolve a plan for what materials will be produced in planning the creative dissertation. Students and lecturers will generally also, at this point, begin to formalise a literature survey to support this writing. There will be one or two supervision points during the unit, during which the student will receive formative feedback and then there will be a tutorial after summative assessment to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the student’s submission (all supervision to total 2 hours). Please note that the student will also be receiving detailed feedback on the original creative writing in Workshop 2 and that the student will be producing enough original creative writing to submit different portions of the original creative work in both units.
A portfolio of writing to include:
1 x 3000 words summative assessment (or equivalent, in the case of poetry/script) of original creative writing. [ILOs 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] (60%)
1 x 2000 word summative portfolio that documents the planning process, which might include notes, detailed chapter plans, an analysis of form, tone, register, story arcs, collection shapes, etc. This must include a time-based planning scheme demonstrating how much will be written by a series of achievable deadlines. [ILOs 1, 3, 5, 6] (40%)
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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.