• Inactive for Year: 2024/25

• Module Leader(s): Professor Peter Stone
• Teaching Assistant: Dr Emma Cunliffe

• Owning School: Arts & Cultures
• Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus

Semesters

Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.

Aims

1.To enable students to undertake limited independent research at postgraduate level in preparation for PhD study, or as a stand-alone research Masters, as appropriate;

2.To introduce students to a range of research methodologies appropriate to their interests and previous experience and to the specific issues relating to the protection of cultural property in the event of armed conflict or following environmental disasters;

3.To enable students to apply appropriate research methodologies to relevant content, data source or material; and

4.To enable students to organise and plan their own research and to produce a coherent analysis in written or other appropriate form.

This module consists of detailed research assignments (80 credits in total) to assist in developing the MLitt topic, and as preparation for the MLitt dissertation, through independent but guided research supported by supervision meetings.

Outline Of Syllabus

The subject matter for the research assignments, the scope of the assignments and appropriate research methodologies and approaches, will be determined in consultation between the Module Leader, any other member(s) of academic staff who may undertake supervision of the assignments, and the student.

The assignments chosen will take into account the interests and previous experience of the student, including any plans s/he may have for future PhD study, the academic traditions of the subject and opportunities for cross-disciplinary work where appropriate. Preparation for the assignments will normally include supervision by one or more members of staff, guided reading and private study. It also may include attendance at postgraduate seminars and/or at teaching sessions connected with related modules offered already at taught postgraduate level.

A minimum of two (40-credit) and a maximum of four (20-credit) assignments will be submitted.

The mode of assessment of each assignment will be identified as appropriate to the nature of the assignment negotiated between the Module Leader, any additionally assigned supervisor (with particular specialist knowledge and/or skills), and the student. An essay is the assessment mode most typical of research assignments.

Teaching Methods

Teaching Activities

Teaching Rationale And Relationship

The balance between contact and non-contact time will be a matter for negotiation between the Module Leader, any other allocated supervisor, and the student for each component of the 80 credit module (with a maximum of four, 20-credit components). The balance between contact and non-contact time will depend also upon the nature of the assignment. Students will be offered normally a minimum of three hours of supervision per 20-credit component or normally a minimum of six hours if taking a 40-credit component. This will include an initial meeting at which the assignment will be agreed and a final, summary, meeting. These meetings will be a mixture of online and, where possible, on-campus.

Depending on the agreed assignments, the student may be encouraged to sit in on M-Level lectures offered within the discipline area of Media, Culture, Heritage in SACS in which related, relevant material is presented and discussed. In order to achieve the intended knowledge and to develop both cognitive and key skills (e.g., independent learning techniques, self-motivation, time-management) some of the Guided Independent Study will relate to specially prepared packages of background reading relating to CPP and, on occasion, pre-prepared Powerpoint presentations.

Assessment Methods

The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners

Other Assessment

Assessment Rationale And Relationship

The most common form of assessment will take the form of an essay or report as agreed between the Module Leader, any other allocated supervisor, and the student.

A minimum of two (40-credit) and a maximum of four (20-credit) assignments will be submitted, with a total combined word length of between 16,000 and 24,000 words including footnotes and appendices but excluding bibliography(ies). For assessment purposes each research assignment will have a value of at least 20 credits and not more than 40 credits.

The length of individual assignments will vary depending on their credit value but will normally be between 4,000 and 6,000 words for a 20-credit assignment and will normally be between 8,000 and 12,000 words for a 40-credit assignment.

Students submit in Semesters 1 and 2.

Reading Lists

• MCH9001's Reading List

Timetable

• Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
• MCH9001's Timetable