Unit name | Black Humanities: Research Skills |
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Unit code | MODLM0037 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Stone |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Modern Languages |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit aims to introduce students to the skills and techniques needed to carry out interdisciplinary research and apply their findings in their dissertation. Students will learn how to identify a suitable topic for academic research in Black Humanities, formulate a clear research questions and develop research aims and objectives; where to locate relevant materials and secondary readings, how to organise their research materials, and how to structure and write an academic dissertation. It will introduce students to different research methods and issues. It will equip students with the necessary skills to embark on doctoral research, if they so desire.
Unit Aims
The aims of this unit are to:
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to demonstrate:
Following the design of LRU based MA core units, this team taught unit will combine lecturing with seminar-style guided discussion with an emphasis on an interdisciplinary engagement with different methods key Black Humanity studies. The unit may include some fieldwork and students may be required to do some informal group work (for example, short, informal presentations in class time). Students attendance at research seminars hosted by the Centre for Black Humanities will be expected and they will also be encouraged to engage with the field by visiting relevant exhibitions and events.
5,000 word portfolio (100% UAM)
J. Swales and C. Feak, Academic Writing for Graduate Students (Michigan University
Press, 2004)
Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, The Craft of
Research (University of Chicago Press, 2008)
H. Ramsey Fowler, Jane E. Aaron, The Little, Brown Handbook (Pearson Education
Limited, 2014)
Alan Bond, Your Masters Thesis: How to plan, draft, write and revise (Studymates, 2006)
Diana Ridley, The Literature Review: A step-by-step guide for students (Sage, 2008)
Brian Roberts, Getting the most out of the research experience (Sage, 2007)
Fiona Devine and Sue Heath, Sociological Research Methods in Context, (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 1999).