| Assessment |
| Title |
Exam Length |
Weight |
Mode |
No. Words |
| Dissertation |
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100%
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15,000-20,000 |
| Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and
Graduate Attributes (GA) |
| LO: 1-4
GA: 1-4 and 6 |
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| Graduate Attributes (GA) |
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Taught |
Assessed |
Practised |
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Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will deepen their knowledge of the discipline of criminology particularly in their selected area of research.
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Communication Skills
Students will be taught to communicate effectively in the discipline of criminology through feedback on draft sections of the dissertation and oral communication with their supervisors. Appropriate formal style and clarity of argument, expression and referencing are important criteria in the examination of the dissertation. In writing their dissertation, students will practise written communication skills of a high order.
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Global Perspectives
Students will be taught criminology as a global discipline without national boundaries. They will be assessed on their capacity to understand criminology as a global discipline dealing with global conceptual problems.
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Information Literacy
Students will deepen their knowledge of the discipline of criminology particularly in their selected area of research.
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Life-Long Learning
Students will be taught research, writing and presentation techniques that will equip them to a professional standard in contexts beyond the field of criminology. This will influence them beneficially long after they conclude this honours unit. Students will be required to practise skills and techniques that have a direct bearing on their ability to operate as criminologists and also to work in a range of other fields requiring these skills and techniques.
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Problem Solving
The writing of a dissertation will, by its very nature, teach students strategies for solving intricate problems that arise when thinking about social life and working out how to study it. These skills can be applied in a broad range of areas. Problem solving, especially as it relates to thinking about social life, will be directly assessed. A large part of this unit will involve the spelling out of intellectual problems and their resolution in theoretical and/or methodological terms.
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Social Responsibility
Lecturers will advise students in relation to their research and writing on the professional responsibilities of a criminologist, especially on the responsibility of an intellectual to engage with others, whether supervisors, other postgraduates, or those they study, in an ethical way. Where relevant, students will be required to present submissions to the UNE Ethics Committee. Students will be prompted to consider the issue of responsibility, including how a criminologist might deal with it as a social phenomenon, at relevant points throughout their enrolment.
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