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Students who successfully complete this module should be able to:
• IDENTIFY a significant philosophical issue;
• independently RESEARCH a specific philosophical area and acquire detailed familiarity with this area;
• STRUCTURE a research project;
• SELECT relevant literature and other sources and compile a bibliography
• ANALYSE arguments in the literature and construct their own arguments with improved clarity and precision;
• WRITE a well-structured and coherent thesis that explains and critically assess philosophical views;
• PRESENT their own philosophical work in well-structured ways that make it easy to follow core ideas, arguments, and relevant problems;
• GIVE constructive feedback and INTERACT effectively and respectfully with other students, listen to and learn from others.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Conversation Class | 10 |
Project Supervision | 5 |
Specified Learning Activities | 60 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 50 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: Detailed outline of thesis, maximum 3 pages. | Week 2 | n/a | Graded | No | 10 |
Presentation: Presentation of draft chapter or section of thesis | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 5 |
Project: Thesis of no more than 8000 words due in week 8. | Unspecified | n/a | Graded | No | 85 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
Not yet recorded.
Name | Role |
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Peter Larsen | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |