2025/6, Trimester 1, In Person,
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| Occurrence: | 001 |
| Primary mode of delivery: | In Person |
| Location of delivery: | MERCHISTON |
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| Member of staff responsible for delivering module: | Ariadne Xenou |
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| Student Activity (Notional Equivalent Study Hours (NESH)) |
| Mode of activity | Learning & Teaching Activity | NESH (Study Hours) | NESH Description |
| Face To Face | Lecture | 20 | This is a weekly lecture for the entire cohort during which you will be introduced to the core topics of the week and have the opportunity to discuss them and begin to practise them. The required weekly reading will be the basis for this class. During this time, we will also analyse and discuss all assignment questions. |
| Face To Face | Tutorial | 13 | TUTORIAL
Weekly tutorials follow the weekly lecture and give you the opportunity to put into practice the weekly material in a smaller more cohesive environment. An important aspect of the tutorials is the testing, experimentation and practice of the tasks and components that will form each of your assessments. The tutorials are dialogue and peer-review-based. |
| Online | Guided independent study | 167 | As part of every module, you are expected to schedule and manage your time and commit personal learning time for each activity. This includes lecture and seminar preparation, exercise preparation, assessment preparation and work. The module leader's office hours are available for you to aid you with these tasks. |
| Total Study Hours | 200 | |
| Expected Total Study Hours for Module | 200 | |
| Assessment |
| Type of Assessment | Weighting % | LOs covered | Week due | Length in Hours/Words | Description |
| Report | 10 | 3~6 | Week 4 | , WORDS= 125 words | Write a one paragraph, 125 word (+/- 10%) report on a specific article given closer to the time of the assessment. Your report should only summarise what you feel to be the key issues. You are not to convey your views on the article. Revise and proofread carefully. This is a formal writing assignment, so make sure you structure your sentences and the paragraph properly and that you adopt an appropriate tone.The objective of this assignment is to practise notetaking, summarisation, sentence and paragraph structure as discussed in class so you can build upon this in subsequent assignments. |
| Essay | 15 | 1~3~4~6 | Week 6 | , WORDS= 500 words | Write a 500 word (+/- 10%), 5 paragraph essay on the question given closer to the time of submission. Marks will be deducted for too many or too few words, for the wrong number of paragraphs, or for incorrectly structured paragraphs. Marks will also be deducted for poor spelling and grammar. Your essay will be assessed on how well you develop and reason through an argument, and structure your essay, sentences, introduction, content paragraphs, and conclusion, as discussed in class. Your essay must answer the question, assert a thesis, and present a well-reasoned argument. To do so you will need to undertake some basic research. At a minimum, you should read newspaper articles and watch or listen to news programmes. Your essay will be assessed on the quality of your argument, not your ability to pack data into your essay. |
| Class Test | 10 | 4~5~6 | Week 8 | HOURS= 30 mins + 25% | Class Test. This will test you on all the Learning Outcomes covered so far in the module. The most important formative aspect of the test is to learn and engage with skillsets of taking tests that are directly applicable to time-management techniques required in your discipline.The test takes place online, outwith class hours, and on your devices. The test can be taken any time between 5pm and midnight of the day of assessment. |
| Project - Written | 25 | 1~2~3~4~5 | Week 11 | , WORDS= see below | Research Dossier2 bibliographic lists125-word summative paragraph3 annotations of 75 words eachThis project assesses you on learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, and 4. It has five components. 1) A research topic will be given closer to the time of submission. Using Edinburgh Napier's library catalogue, other library catalogues (including the catalogues for the National Library of Scotland, The Edinburgh City Library and the British Library) and/or Google Scholar, locate 5 books or book chapters and 5 journal articles. These should be a combination of primary and secondary sources. The following restrictions on sources apply:Books and book chapters: You may not refer to any book more than once.Journal articles: You may not refer to any journal more than three times, and may not refer to the same edition of a journal more than once. At least three articles must be from print journals or print and online journals (this does not mean you have to access them in print - just that they are a printed publication). A maximum of two articles may be from online-only journals.Magazine articles are not acceptable and will not be counted or assessed.2) Once you have located your sources, list them in a bibliography using the MHRA Style Guide. After each bibliographic entry, include in square brackets how you located the source (for instance, browsing Napier's library catalogue, etc.), if it is available in Edinburgh, and if so from which library, and the ISBN or ISSN. Provide the shelf number for all print publications. State 'electronic-only' for electronic publications if no print version is available. [Note: this additional information in square brackets is for this assessment only and should not be provided in future assessments].3) Produce a second bibliography or 'Works Cited' list of the sources you have found using either the Chicago Manual of Style (using the bibliographic formatting specified in the chapters on the 'Notes-Bibliography Style') or the MLA Handbook. You should not provide the additional information in square brackets requested in part 2 of this assessment brief.4) Produce a 125-word paragraph that summarises key recurrent themes in your research. Build your argument from your sources' discussions and reference your use of the sources appropriately.5) Provide three, seventy-five word annotations of the most important sources that informed your paragraph, complete with bibliographic entries preceding each annotation. This project prepares you for research that you will undertake and complete during your final assessment. It also provides you with skills required throughout your academic career. |
| Essay | 40 | 1~2~3~4~5~6 | Exam Period | , WORDS= 1000 words | Write a 1000 word (+/- 10%) essay on the question below. Marks will be deducted for too many or too few words or for incorrectly structured paragraphs. Marks will also be deducted for poor spelling and grammar. Your essay will be assessed on how well you develop and reason through an argument, and structure your essay, sentences, introduction, content paragraphs, and conclusion, as discussed in class. Your essay must answer the question, assert a thesis, and present a well-reasoned argument. You will need to undertake research for this paper. You must determine for yourself the extent and relevance of your research sources for your essay. However, keep in mind that the internet has numerous unreliable sources. Relying mostly or exclusively on the internet for your research will result in a low mark. Make use of the books and journals (not magazines) available to you through the University's libraries. Additionally, you will be assessed on your referencing and elements of style, as outlined in the style guide you use. Make sure you have a copy of the MHRA Style Guide (downloadable from http://www.mhra.org.uk/style/download.html ), The Chicago Manual of Style (in Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations), or the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and follow the guidelines closely. This assessment covers all the learning outcomes in the module (see the ‘ Module Information’ page).Your essay must be double spaced, paginated, use a 12 point font, and proofread. |
| Component 1 subtotal: | 35 | | |
| Component 2 subtotal: | 65 | | | | |
| Module subtotal: | 100 | | | | |