Module manager: Stephan Petzold
Email: s.petzold@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2025/26
MODL3300 Final Year Project: Dissertation MODL3340 Final Year Project: Extended Translation MODL3350 Final Year Project: Digital Documentary (Podcast)
This module is not approved as a discovery module
This module provides students with the opportunity to develop extensive research, analytical and communication skills. For this independent project, students research a topic of their choice in substantial depth. While students have a great degree of autonomy in their topic choice, this is subject to staff expertise and availability to ensure students are supported adequately and effectively. Support available to students combines a dedicated training programme of lectures and workshops, a range of online resources as well as formative assignments and regular individual supervision meetings with an academic supervisor. The assessment that students submit will be one of several options from which students can choose and which include a dissertation, a translation research project or a public engagement project.
This module aims to provide students with the opportunity to design, plan, and undertake an independent project on a clearly defined topic, supported by guidance from a supervisor, allowing for academic and professional development. The training workshops introduce students to specific research fields and methodologies, enabling them to develop advanced skills in critical analysis, research methodologies, and the evaluation of diverse materials, tailored to their chosen area of inquiry. The individual supervision meetings are designed to enhance students’ capacity for autonomous learning, including effective organisation and management of long-term projects, and to cultivate their ability to think critically, engage with complex ideas, and produce a well-informed and reflective output. The possibility for students to choose between dissertation, translation, and public engagement projects is meant to equip them with the skills to present their work ethically and professionally to a range of audiences, where appropriate, incorporating digital tools and innovative methods of dissemination.
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following learning outcomes relevant to the subject:
1. To generate research ideas and demonstrate in-depth knowledge of the chosen topic
2. To design and execute a research project, using an appropriate research format and methodology to address a research question in depth, drawing on appropriate primary and secondary source material 3. To analyse and synthesise complex information from different sources in a structured and systematic way as appropriate to the chosen research field and topic
On successful completion of the module students will have demonstrated the following skills learning outcomes:
4. Construct a coherent argument that is based on evidence and meets the standards of intellectual and academic integrity
5. Present research findings in a research output, following the conventions of the chosen medium of expression and adhering to academic standards with regard to style and the presentation of evidence and ideas
6. Communicate ideas and evidence to a target audience by choosing an appropriate medium of communication and using it effectively
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Workshop | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Supervision | 5 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Lecture | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Private study hours | 387.5 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 12.5 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 400 | ||
Students will receive feedback from their supervisors on a number of formative milestone assignments, which include a project proposal and a draft sample of the project.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | Final Year Project | 100 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Students choose one of three options for their Final Year Project: (1) a dissertation (2) a translation research project, comprising a research essay and a translation, (3) a public engagement research project, comprising a research essay and a public engagement output. The public engagement output might be a podcast, video, small exhibition, policy paper or another appropriate output that engages a non-academic audience with research. The resit for this module will be 100% coursework and will usually be a revised and improved re-submission of the original project.
The reading list is available from the Library website
Last updated: 30/04/2025
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