HSTM60022 60 Semester 2 Postgraduate Taught Level 6 Elizabeth Toon Unit coordinator Harriet Palfreyman Unit coordinator 1 FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' European Credit Transfer & Accumulation System Rating : 30.0 <p>This research project allows students to use skills developed across the taught component of the programme to more independently, under academic supervision, work on an original piece of research. The topic of the project will be related to science and health communication; typical projects focus on mass media, digital media, social media, museums, science centres, science and health in entertainment media, science and/or health policy, and outreach and engagement activities. Research will be undertaken using a variety of methods and techniques drawn from science communication studies such as content analysis, textual and visual analysis, surveys, archival research, and interviews.</p> <p>This research project allows students to use skills developed across the taught component of the programme to more independently, under academic supervision, work on an original piece of research. The topic of the project will be related to science and health communication; typical projects focus on mass media, digital media, social media, museums, science centres, science and health in entertainment media, science and/or health policy, and outreach and engagement activities. Research will be undertaken using a variety of methods and techniques drawn from science communication studies such as content analysis, textual and visual analysis, surveys, archival research, and interviews.</p> <p>The unit aims to:</p><ul> <li>produce an piece of original research based on empirical data, firmly grounded in the primary and secondary literature of science commuincation</li> <li>present this research clearly and effectively in the form of a research essay following disciplinary conventions on format and structure</li></ul> 0 Other 100% <p>Research project (12,500 - 15,000 words)</p> <p>Students receive written formative feedback on a 1500-word research proposal, and written<br/>summative feedback on the complete dissertation.</p> N 0 0 600