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FREN402H French Hons Dissertation

Updated: 06 March 2013
Credit Points 24
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Year Long Honours - Period 1 Off Campus
Armidale Year Long Honours - Period 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
N/A N/A Mandatory By arrangement
Supervised Exam There is no UNE Supervised Examination.
Pre-requisites candidature in BA(Hons); FREN401H (part-time students)
Co-requisites FREN401H (full-time students)
Restrictions FREN400
Notes

Honours candidates only

Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Jane Southwood (jsouthw5@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

The unit consists of the supervised preparation of a research dissertation of 15 000 words, in French or English, on a topic within French and Francophone studies mutually acceptable to the discipline and the student.

Materials No text required
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Dissertation 100% 14,000-16,000
Assessment Notes
Dissertation (in either French or English)
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1, 2, 3, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. formulate questions pertaining to a specific topic within French or Francophone studies;
  2. use higher order, independent research skills;
  3. use advanced analytical abilities to combine a broad range of research materials, often from several media, in order to answer his/her thesis question;
  4. write up an extended research dissertation, based upon the student's own question and independent research;
  5. understand the methodological issues and have a broad knowledge of the overall subject area relating to the reading course undertaken as part of FREN401H.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
In this unit students will study French or Francophone texts in depth.
True True True
2 Communication Skills
Students are taught to communicate complex ideas clearly and in detail, and this attribute is formally assessed in their dissertation.
True True True
3 Global Perspectives
Study of foreign language texts will enhances students' knowledge of other cultures.
True True
5 Life-Long Learning
This unit develops aptitude for lifelong research and textual study.
True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving is at the heart of Honours research, and will therefore be directly assessed in the dissertation.
True True True
   

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