How will I be taught and assessed?
Teaching
The content, activities and interaction for each of the three units will be taught remotely using video-based teaching platforms and an online course Virtual Learning Environment. You will have access to resources, discussion forums, and course tasks within ICE's Virtual Learning Environment. Teaching methods will include lectures, presentations by guest speakers and facilitators, interactive and experiential learning activities, reading and assignments to be completed by participants outside classroom sessions and online discussion forums.
All students are expected to take an active part in the course and submit work showing evidence of learning. Your learning will be enhanced by:
- engaging with scheduled teaching sessions;
- participating in class activities and discussion;
- undertaking reading and assignments set by the tutor;
- accessing resources and submitting assignments through the VLE.
Course Timeline
- Course (Unit 1) Start Date: Friday 7 October 2022
- Unit 2 start date: Week commencing 2 January 2023
- Unit 3 start date: Week commencing 27 March 2023
- Unit 3 submission deadline: Friday 9 June 2023
Assessment
During the course you will work directly with a subject-specialist supervisor on an independent research project of 10,000-12,000 words.
Students will be required to submit a full draft of their dissertation for final feedback and comment by their supervisor during Unit 3. The date for submission of the draft dissertation is to be agreed individually between supervisor and student, with a suggested timeframe of between 4 -10 weeks before the submission of the final version of the dissertation on 9 June 2023.
In addition to attending the scheduled teaching sessions and submitting assignments you will need to set aside time for independent study. Credit is generally calculated in terms of hours of study and assumes that each credit is awarded for around 10 hours of successful learning; so, by this calculation, a 60-credit course will involve around 600 hours of successful study. Examples of how study may be broken down are: pre-class preparation, classroom time (lectures, seminars, discussion, presentations, debates, case-studies etc.); engagement with the VLE; peer-to-peer interaction, preparations for assignments, assignment writing and feedback and so on.
What is the status of this qualification?
The Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Research in the Arts/Sciences is taught and awarded at third-year undergraduate level (FHEQ 6) and offers 60 credits within the Higher Education Credit Accumulation and Transfer Scheme (CATS). This is equivalent to half of the third year of full-time undergraduate study.