University of St Andrews

This module is a short version of ML5104 sharing the same objectives and pattern of work. It must be taken together with ML5108 Work-Related Project. It is the first of a series of three devoted to the research leading to the Dissertation. It is followed by ML5107 Dissertation Report in semester 3 (semester 1 in St Andrews) of the four-semester Mundus Crossways and the Final Dissertation in semester 4 taken at the final university. It consists of a series of one-to-one meetings with the supervisor where student will address the following: (i) Research Questions: what precise issues will you be seeking to explore? (ii) Corpus: which set of texts or other relevant corpus from a different field will you be studying and applying the Research Questions to? (iii) Methodology: which approach and theories will you be using to help you answer the Research Questions in relation to your corpus? (iv) Literature review of secondary sources; this is a critical and analytical account of your reading, amounting to about half of the overall piece of writing for the module. The module outcome is twofold: (i) a 2,500-word piece which is consistent with the work to be carried out in the Dissertation, including a literature review and an outline of the project; and (ii) an oral presentation summarising the progress achieved during the semester and pointing to work to be embarked upon during the next semester.

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ML5106 Short Dissertation Report

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