Unit information: Written Dissertation in 2020/21

Unit name	Written Dissertation
Unit code	FATV30012
Credit points	20
Level of study	H/6
Teaching block(s)	Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24)
Unit director	Professor. Street
Open unit status	Not open
Pre-requisites	none
Co-requisites	none
School/department	Department of Film and Television
Faculty	Faculty of Arts

Description including Unit Aims

The unit will provide a structured and supervised opportunity for final year students to pursue a written independent research project on a topic of their interest, subject to approval by the unit convenor, within the area of film and television studies.

Unit Aims:

• To present a clear, well-structured and extended argument, supported by relevant critical and theoretical literature, that develops independent lines of inquiry;
• To provide the opportunity for students to extend their knowledge and experience of the disciplines of film and/or television studies through independent study;
• To enable students to develop and apply appropriate scholarly means of enquiry into a chosen aspect of the disciplines of film and/or television studies.

Intended Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. engage closely with major thinkers, debates and intellectual paradigms within film and/or television studies and put them to productive and effective use;

2. formulate appropriate research questions and employ appropriate methods and resources for examining those questions in detail;

3. evaluate, draw upon and effectively deploy a range of sources and conceptual frameworks that illuminate and develop an understanding of issues within film and/or television;

4. produce work which is informed by, and contextualised within, relevant theoretical issues and debates;

5. gather, organise and deploy ideas and information in order to formulate arguments cogently, and express them effectively in written forms;

6. structure and sustain an extended critical argument;

7. organise and manage a supervised, self-directed project.

Teaching Information

Weekly seminar and 5 x group or individual supervisions, supported by self-directed tasks where appropriate.

Assessment Information

6000 word written dissertation (100%) ILO 1-7

Reading and References

Reading will be drawn from material that relates to issues examined within the written dissertation.