Content and teaching | Assessment | Availability

Module content and teaching

Principal aims

Dissertations are the result of independent research. You are expected, with occasional guidance from a supervisor, to design and conduct the research yourself. It is not a matter of trying to answer an examination question or writing an assessed essay on a pre-determined topic.

Principal learning outcomes

Ideally a dissertation should be a sustained argument. The main aim us to use a selection if concepts, theoretical ideas, observations, statistical findings and your own faculties of criticism and imagination in an attempt to reach defensible conclusions about a topic which interests, challenges or puzzles you.

Other essential notes

All Single Honours Sociology students must do a dissertation in their final year. Joint Honours degree students may opt to do a dissertation.

Module assessment

Assessment group	Assessment name	Percentage
30 CATS (Module code: SO301-30)
A (Assessed work only)	Assessed Course Work	100%
	Assessed Course Work	100%

Module availability

This module is available on the following courses:

Core

• BA in Sociology (L301) - Year 3
• BA in Sociology (L302) - Year 3
• BA in Sociology (L303) - Year 3
• BA in Sociology (L304) - Year 3
• BA in Sociology (L305) - Year 3
• BA in Sociology (with Intercalated Year) (L306) - Year 4
• BA in Sociology (with Intercalated Year) (L307) - Year 4
• BA in Sociology (with Intercalated Year) (L308) - Year 4
• BA in Sociology (with Intercalated Year) (L309) - Year 4
• BA in Sociology (with Intercalated Year) (L310) - Year 4

Optional Core

• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 1
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Social Studies [2 + 2] (Y202) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Full-time) (Y205) - Year 3

Optional

• Undergraduate Health and Social Policy (LM49) - Year 1
• Undergraduate Health and Social Policy (LM49) - Year 2
• Undergraduate Health and Social Policy (LM49) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Health and Social Policy (LM49) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Health and Social Policy (LM49) - Year 5
• Undergraduate Health and Social Policy (LM49) - Year 6
• Undergraduate Health & Social Policy (2+2) (LM4A) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Politics and Sociology (ML13) - Year 3
• Undergraduate Politics and Sociology (with Intercalated year) (ML14) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Law and Sociology (ML33) - Year 4
• BA in Law and Sociology (Qualifying Degree) (ML34) - Year 4
• BA in Law and Sociology (Qualifying Degree) (with Intercalated year) (ML35) - Year 5
• Undergraduate History and Sociology (VL13) - Year 3
• Undergraduate History and Sociology (with Year Abroad) (VL14) - Year 4
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 5
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 6
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 7
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 8
• Undergraduate Social Studies (Part-time) (Y201) - Year 9