Dissertation Report Plan of a sustained piece of independent research, including chapter outline, critical approaches, and bibliography, filmography, etc, and a critical evaluation of another student's proposal. [Learning Outcomes 1, 3, 5, 6, 9]

Dissertation 10,000 words [Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

Ralph Berry, The Research Project: How to write it, Routledge, 2000, 4th ed.
Pat Cryer, The Research Student Guide to Success, Open University Press, 2000, 2nd ed.
Allan A. Glatthorn, Writing the Winning Dissertation: A Step by Step Guide, Corwin Press, 1998
Susannah Hornig Priest, Doing Media Research: An Introduction, Sage, 1996
Staffordshire University Keyskills Online website http://crntpro1.staffs.ac.uk/lskills/tltp3/entersite.html
Plus sources appropriate to the subject of the dissertation

Bookshops stock published screenplays and TV scripts

You will progress by initially attending group tutorials with a tutor for brainstorming and peer-discussion, and research skills sessions with a librarian, and then individual tutorials with your supervisor. This module is designed to enable you to plan a feasible dissertation project (Pt. 1), and to undertake independent research (Requiring reading, viewing and listening in relation to chosen topic, and collecting and organising relevant material) and drafting/writing up of dissertation. (Pt.2).

Part 1:Dissertation Report
Define the area, topic, question or problem for your dissertation.
Establish the nature of the project you are proposing - a descriptive survey, argument, problem to be solved, comparative analysis - and the kind of material and methodologies appropriate for your chosen topic - theoretical, empirical, textual, ethnographic, etc.
Research and prepare a list of filmographic, bibliographic, video and radio programmes.
Outline the chapter structure of the dissertation.
Part 2: Dissertation
To develop and redefine the ideas proposed in the report under the continued supervision of their tutor.
Locate appropriate sources and apply appropriate methodologies.
Draft and redraft the dissertation as necessary and organise presentation and production of a completed work.

Library
Computer
Video/Audio Library