HL32012: Dissertation
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
| Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 20 [equivalent to 40 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 400 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWDI 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Construct a definitive problem statement, justification, and rationale for a sports performance research investigation
- Produce a suitable ethical application for a sports performance related research investigation
- Describe and justify an appropriate methodological approach
- Design and undertake a research investigation involving primary or secondary data collection relevant to the research project aims
- Analyse and interpret data relevant to the research project aims
- Critically evaluate how the research project adds to previous scholarship and understanding
- Compose a coherent and cohesive research project and communicate the findings effectively
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| Synopsis: | Design and undertake an independent dissertation research project on a sports performance related topic.
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| Content: | Development of an independent research project: Research design; ethical consideration; identifying potential real-world impact.
Literature searching: Systematic approaches; categories of literature; online search; manual search.
Data analysis: Methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis appropriate for individual research projects.
Communication of findings: Structure; formatting; presentation of data; effective use of tables and figures; appendices.
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| Course availability: |
HL32012 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFB30 : BSc(Hons) Sport (Sports Performance) (Year 1)
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