Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Successful students should show that they have acquired skills in critical thinking, problem solving, data collection and organisation and effective written communication.
S/he should be in position to demonstrate mastery over theoretically sophisticated subject matter, exhibiting deep and comprehensive knowledge of the field to which s/he can apply relevant theory; evaluate critically the literature in the field, challenge orthodoxies and redefine existing knowledge, while being aware of the nature of knowledge in the field to communicate verbally and orally with professional audiences.
The expertise of the graduates would also become handy in fields where Social Scientists are needed.
Integrated Assessment:
The integration of skills learned in the Doctor of Philosophy in Arts and Social Sciences Degree is assessed by means of a dissertation of a word length stipulated by the School of Human and Social Sciences.
Assessment is based on criteria, which include:
Scope and quality of literature reviewed from a variety of text and other media.
Accuracy with which the literature is represented and applied to the research questions.
The formulation of a research question/s and the development of a research proposal based on the literature review. The proposal must specify a research design, and the method/s to be applied to answer the research question/s and be of appropriate scale and complexity of a Masters dissertation.
The demonstration of a professional working relationship by responding to the comments of the dissertation supervisor/s.
The execution of the research proposed.
Presentation of the research in an acceptable manner in Arts and Social Sciences.
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