BA (Hons) Dissertation Form
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
Faculty for Social Wellbeing
Department of Criminology
Date
Course Years
Day
Month
Year
Student’s Particulars
Name (block letters)
ID
Email:
Address
Tel
Signature
Mob
Supervisor’s Particulars1
Name (block letters)
Tel
Email
Previous Experience In Dissertation Supervision
Mob
Signature
YES
NO
Experience in field of study
Address (for Administrative Purposes)
Ethical Clearance (To be filled in by Supervisor)
Do you consider the proposed work as requiring ethical clearance from the University Research Ethics Committee (UREC)?
Note: Guidelines and application form for ethical clearance is available from http://www.um.edu.mt/urec
YES
NO
I DON’T KNOW
FOR OFFICIAL USE
Your Dissertation proposal:
Has been accepted
Has been rejected
Is to be amended as remarked
You do not need to submit UREC form
You need to submit UREC form
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Dissertations Coordinator
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Degree students must be supervised by a graduate – i.e in possession of at least an Honours degree
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Proposed Title
Not more than 15 words
Proposed Research Purpose/Question
Not more than 15 words
Brief Description of the proposed research work and its relation to Criminology
Not more that 300 words
Description of Research Methods to be applied
Tick one or more of the following:
Bibliographic Search
Brief Description
Documentary Analysis
Interviews
Approx. sample size
Case Studies
Approx. sample size
Questionnaires
Approx. sample size
Fieldwork Surveys /
Data Gathering
Approx. target areas
Others (please specify)
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