Course overview
The course represents advanced learning, scholarship and research in the discipline of Museum and Curatorial Studies. It extends students' knowledge and research skills by participating in, and reporting on, a minor research project. The course is designed to help students develop research and writing skills necessary for the research thesis.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate specialist knowledge in the area of their research.
- Demonstrate the ability to initiate research and to formulate viable research questions.
- Demonstrate the capacity to design, conduct and report sustained and original research.
- Demonstrate the ability to evaluate scholarly literature.
- Present research findings in a suitably structured thesis that conforms to protocols of academic presentation and research practice.
- Demonstrate the ability to critically assess literature and conduct analyses at a Masters level.