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Dissertation: MSc by Research in History (Social Science) (P00619)

? Credit Points : 60 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : HCA-P-DisSocSci

All students will undertake a 12,500 word dissertation on a topic, normally related to the Survey and Specialist/Supervised Reading Courses undertaken in Semesters 1 and 2, to be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations. The dissertation is an extended piece of scholarship in which a student is expected to formulate and sustain a substantive piece of research in economic and social history. The dissertation is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theory covered in the taught element of the degree and deploying a range of primary and secondary sources as well as appropriate data-analytic and bibliographic skills. Each student will be allocated two research supervisors from the start of the academic year.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Schedule E)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Not being delivered

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

- To test the ability of students to undertake a sustained piece of supervised but independent work within the discipline of economic and social history which displays the research skills, training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework.
- To test the ability of students to demonstrate an ability to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field of their specialist interest.
- To develop and test the ability of students to employ relevant social science concepts and theories in formulating a thesis.
- To test the ability of students to identify and explore a body of primary sources as the basis of sustaining a historical thesis and to display an awareness of the interaction between historical sources and interpretation.
- To examine the ability of students to manage the conduct, presentation, and timing of an independent research project, employing appropriate data-analytical and bibliographic skills.

Assessment Information

The dissertation will be assessed by two internal examiners and an external examiner. For the award of the MSc by Research, a mark of 50% or above on the dissertation is required in addition to an average of 50% or more from all other assessed work.