Dissertation
You will undertake a research project and produce a dissertation which is submitted on an assigned date in mid-August.
The final element of the programme is a 15,000 word dissertation (60 credits), which students complete during the summer months. This is an independent, primary source-based research project supervised by one or more members of academic staff. Students have considerable freedom to define their own dissertation project — so long as it is a feasible project that one or more staff members have the expertise to supervise.
Example dissertation topics
Past dissertation topics have included:
- Medieval Monkey Business: Human-Ape Representations in the Middle Ages
- Fredegar's Eastern Sources: Transmissions & Connections
- The Conversion of Iceland and Its Representation in medieval Norse Texts
- Examination of the appearance and role of the supernatural in late medieval Scottish literature