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ITAL402H Italian Hons Dissertation

Updated: 15 October 2012
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); ITAL401H (part-time students)
Co-requisites ITAL401H (full-time students)
Restrictions ITAL400
Notes

Honours candidates only
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Anna Cavallaro (acavalla@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit requires a dissertation of approximately 15 000 words on a topic (written in Italian or English), where supervision and library resources are available. Areas of research should be decided in consultation with the coordinator.
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% 15,000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1-5 GA: 1-6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. formulate questions pertaining to a particular area of Italian studies;
  2. demonstrate higher order, independent research skills;
  3. demonstrate advanced analytical abilities, in combining a broad range of research materials, often from several media, in order to answer their thesis question;
  4. write up an extended research dissertation, based upon the student's own question and independent research; and
  5. demonstrate an understanding of methodological issues and display a broad knowledge of the areas related to language/literature and research studies.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The experience of writing the dissertation should provide the student with a highly specialized knowledge of the subject. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
The experience of writing the dissertation should increase the student's communication skills. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
An increased global perspective should result from the research and writing of the dissertation. 		True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will gain further competence in the use of the internet for research purposes as well as in the use of traditional bibliographical data search. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
This specialised study will equip the students with research skills that will be useful for future activities in this and other areas. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Research and writing will improve the students' ability in problem solving. 		True True
7 Social Responsibility
Acquaintance with ethical and social probelms involved in the students' research should increase their sense of social responsibility. 		True True
8 Team Work
Students will be encouraged to participate in cross-disciplinary research programs and to interact through the online discussion fora. 		True
   

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