Teaching and assessment for Archives and Records Management MLitt
Teaching
We offer a wide range of core and optional modules, meaning that you can tailor your qualification to your own interests.
Content is available online and you will work through it carrying out a series of assessed, self-study, and group tasks. You will be given the opportunity to communicate with your fellow students via the discussion board and to work on embedded source material.
You will always have a subject expert as your tutor and many tutors will also offer voluntary webinar sessions.
You will be given the opportunity to compare and contrast best practice against where you work or volunteer and to conduct research that interests you when undertaking your dissertation.
Module availability varies each semester, so you should consider the best order to study your core and optional modules before choosing. If you are unable to take modules in the recommended order, you will be able to discuss this with your Teaching Support.
Assessment
Assessment is carried out via coursework and discussion board participation. There are variations across modules however weighting is usually as follows:
- 2 x final assignment = 30% each
- assessed tasks = 30%
- discussion board participation = 10%
Module list
You’ll need to study the core modules, and a further 40 credits from the optional module list
Core modules
These modules are an essential part of your course.
RM50001 - Archive Services, Access and Preservation
RM50006 - Principles and Practice of Records Management
RM50023 - Research Proposal and Dissertation
RM50031 - The Theory and Context of Record Keeping
RM51001 - Archive Management: Principles and Practice
Optional modules
You need to choose one or more of these modules as part of your course.