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The principal aim of the dissertation is to allow you to carry out a detailed study which reflects one or more of the academic themes of the...

The final project for obtaining the MASc qualification is the London/Global Studio Dissertation. Students may design and realise an original research...

The final project for obtaining the MASc qualification is the London/Global Studio Dissertation. Students may design and realise an original research project on London or another partner city (or an agreed alternative) using an innovative methodology of ‘engaged urbanism’. They will choose the particular focus of their research and will agree on a research question with their supervisor. Topics can include issues related to planning, urban design, heritage, culture, ecology, infrastructure, and social, economic and political matters around London. Students will be expected to reflect on the impact of their research project and on the connections to practice and different communities and/or interest groups in London. Following the modules ‘Engaged Urbanism’ and ‘Cities Methodologies’, where students have been exposed to diverse methodological approaches, students will be asked to explore methodologies that are transdisciplinary, experimental and collaborative. Students will have the possibility to link their Dissertation to their professional practice or another live context.

This compulsory component of the MA  in Museum Studies enables students to undertake a research project to produce a substantial piece of research writing

The Creative and Collaborative Enterprise Dissertation is either a scholarly document of a maximum of 10,000 words based on independent research and thought...

The Masters dissertation is a scholarly document of a maximum of 15,000 words based on independent research and thought. Typically, it includes data collection...

The Masters dissertation is a scholarly document of a maximum of 15,000 words based on independent research and thought. Typically, it includes data collection and analysis that integrates evolutionary anthropology perspectives and research approaches as relevant to the specific field of study in an original way. In most cases, the dissertation will report on original data collected by the student in order to address a particular empirical question within the scope of the degree. Such a dissertation will include a literature review on other similar work demonstrating the practical or theoretical justification for this particular dissertation, a description of the methodology, and appropriate analysis and discussion of the results.

The purpose of the dissertation is to provide both an exercise in and a test of the student's mastery of research approaches in evolutionary anthropology to an issue of their choice. The topic chosen usually arises either from a professional interest of the student, or as part of developments toward PhD research.

The intended outcome, therefore, is a dissertation that demonstrates the ability of the student to address an original research question by collecting and analysing relevant data, and discussing them in the context of the existing body of knowledge, considering potential limitations. Students should be able to apply and develop the methods learnt to other contexts as appropriate. In doing so, dissertations are expected to be an original contribution to knowledge.