Dissertation (MSc by Research (Management) Mode C) (P00209)

? Credit Points : 60 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : MSE-P-DISSMScC

The student will conduct a piece of original research over a period of approximately four months and write a thesis. Various types of dissertation are acceptable. A dissertation may be a critical review of literature or a piece of empirical research or both. Examples of the aims of the dissertation are: to give the student the opportunity to practise and gain confidence in the use of skills which s/he has acquired in the preceding courses; to complete some preparatory work for his/her doctoral thesis; to enable the student to evaluate or try out a methodology which might be used in a future piece of research.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : PGs only. The student must normally have achieved a mark of at least 50% in each of the courses, at the first attempt, taken to fulfil the requirements of the MSc by Research (Management) (Mode C).

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Common Courses (Management School and Economics), (Management School and Economics, Schedule H)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 5 and beyond

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 8 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

After completing the dissertation the student will be able to:
- plan and conduct a substantial piece of research over a protracted period;
- synthesise, critically evaluate and analyse a body of literature;
- choose and use correctly an approriate research methodology to approach a research problem;
- structure and logically construct a report on a piece of research.