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On completion of the dissertation, students will have research skills at a level appropriate to an MA student.
They will be able to pursue intensive engagement with primary sources through physical and virtual archives.
Demonstrate a knowledge of various disciplinary approaches to the history of medicine and welfare.
Demonstrate an advanced ability to think and reason critically, to evaluate evidence and argumentation, and to form a critical judgement of one's own work as well as the work of others.
Demonstrate the ability to write a coherent, analytically rigorous and original research-based thesis on a selected area of the history of medicine and welfare.
Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of the history of medicine and welfare depending on their choice of research topic.
The 15,000 word dissertation, at the core of the MA, allows you to engage your own research-based interests. Your work will be carefully supervised by one of the school's experts. The topic of the research is agreed between the student and the supervisor, and is dependent on the student identifying relevant primary sources. The student will ensure they are suitably well read into the existing historiography on the chosen topic of research, and will develop a set of research questions. The dissertation is a piece of independent original historical research is your chance to demonstrate your ability to undertake a substantial piece of original research.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Specified Learning Activities | 400 |
| Autonomous Student Learning | 600 |
| Total | 1,000 |
A primary degree in an appropriate field such as a Bachelor of Arts, or in a cognate discipline such as medicine and nursing. You must supply details of any third level institutions you have attended and professional qualifications you have attained.
Excellent academic grades 2H1 or an equivalent of a UCD GPA 3.2 NFQ Level 8. Transcripts will be required.
You will be asked to complete a supporting statement outlining your reasons and motivation for wishing to undertake the course.
Candidates whose first language is not English are normally expected to have achieved an overall 7.0 in IELTS or equivalent with no individual band lower than 6.5.
Students meeting the programme’s academic entry requirements but not the English language requirements, may enter the programme upon successful completion of UCD’s International Pre-Master’s Pathway programmes. Please see the following link for further information: https://www.ucd.ie/alc/programmes/pathways/int%20pmp/.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment: 15,000 research dissertation | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 100 |
| Remediation Type | Remediation Timing |
|---|---|
| Repeat | Within Two Trimesters |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
In semester 1, the student will assigned a supervisor. The student's research topic should be aligned as far as possible with the expertise of your nominated supervisor. During individual feedback sessions, the student will discuss potential areas for research with the supervisor. The supervisor will provide individual feedback to students suggesting further avenues of investigation, and the research topic will be refined between the student and supervisor. During supervisory meetings students will be provided with individual feedback on contextual literature and primary sources. Students will be given individual feedback on written work provided it is submitted in due time. Each chapter will be read only once.