Dissertation Completion following Study Abroad (U03317)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : PPL-4-DsComp-LS

Completion of a dissertation, based on supervision during the fourth year of study. There will also be a short 'dissertation preparation course', taught at the start of students' fourth year of studies.

Entry Requirements

? This course is not available to visting students.

? Pre-requisites : U03200 (Dissertation Preparation Abroad)

? Prohibited combinations : Third-year Project in Language Sciences (U03199) If students take Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language (U04290) as well as this course, they must receive credit for courses taken abroad for U04290.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Language Sciences, (School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, Schedule I)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to:
- demonstrate advanced mastery of general and subject-specific skills, knowledge and understanding of language sciences at an appropriate level;
- demonstrate the ability to plan, design and/or execute an original piece of research, to succinctly report results within an appropriate theoretical framework, and to relate results to the existing literature and the field as a whole.