A research dissertation of no more than 15,000 words, including footnotes and bibliography. The work will be on a specific field, subject or issue within the field of Church History and Theology and will demonstrate a good understanding of the appropriate scholarly literature in the field. The dissertation will normally be written after two blocks of teaching and will be submitted in December.

5 x 1 hour supervisory meetings.

None

Core courses for the relevant taught masters programme

1 x15,000 words including footnotes but not bibliography

This course aims to support the student to:

■ develop and sustain an argument in an area of the student's personal research interest in the field of Church History and Theology

■ promote an engagement with scholarly, critical, and theoretical arguments relevant to that area.

■ encourage the application of acquired research skills to a supervised project.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ scope and plan a research project appropriate for a dissertation of up to 15,000 words in length.

■ apply the research methods and skills learnt during the taught course to a programme of research.

■ evaluate the results of their research and assess these in relation to a suitable body of literature.

■ present the results of their research in a critical, reasoned and coherent way.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.