History Special Dissertation: The Civil Rights Movement (V1378D)
30 credits, Level 6
Autumn and spring teaching
You address a historical problem in depth, setting your own research project and its questions.
You will:
- resolve those questions with a module involving the design of a research outline
- carry out your own research based on primary historical sources.
- develop the skills necessary to write an extended piece of written work based on this (usually archival) research.
Teaching
23%: Lecture
77%: Seminar
Assessment
100%: Written assessment (Dissertation)
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 24 hours of contact time and about 276 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Courses
This module is offered on the following courses:
- American Studies (with a study abroad year) BA
- American Studies and English (with a study abroad year) BA
- American Studies and Film Studies (with a study abroad year) BA
- American Studies and History (with a study abroad year) BA
- American Studies and Politics (with a study abroad year) BA
- English and History (with a study abroad year) BA
- English and History BA
- History BA
- History and Anthropology BA
- History and International Relations BA
- History and Philosophy BA
- History and Politics BA
- History and Sociology BA