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 ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Dissertations Coordinator 1 Date: Degree students must be supervised by a graduate – i.e in possession of at least an Honours degree 1|Page 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) 2|Page