Postgraduate Course: Advanced Project Planning (NUST11073)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Health in Social Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Nursing Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course is introduced at the beginning of the Diploma level programme, when students are planning their work based projects. At this stage the students will be in a position to draw on skills and knowledge acquired in the certificate programme and become ‘self directed learners’ in their planning and implementation of the work-based project. The course will assist this in three ways. It will help students develop and put into practice project planning theory and practice from the Certificate level. It will introduce the principles, theory and practice of self-directed learning and help students assess their own learning and support needs, how to make most of the elective courses they have chosen in the implementation of their project and identify and establish relevant sources of support. It will also establish the group as a ‘learning set’ who progress through the implementation of the project together and support and learn from each other. The course will help the group put in place the mechanisms by which they can maintain contact throughout the year after the course is finished. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the course the students should be able to:
- Critically appraise their learning and development
needs in relation to service improvement.
- Critically appraise their support needs in
relation to their service improvement project.
- Identify and access sources of learning and support
- Develop the conceptual tools and practical skills
involved in participating in a learning set.
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Assessment Information
| A 4000 word written essay consisting of two parts. 1. A Project Plan for the project they will undertake during January – June of the diploma year outlining the following aspects relating to their own part in the project: a critical appraisal of the context, the aim and objectives, the scope, resources and risks, milestones and tasks, information to be used in ongoing monitoring and final evaluation. 2. The student’s learning plan: how their chosen electives during the diploma year will support their work on the project, and the sources of support they will access, including use of the learning set. |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Guro Huby
Tel: (0131 6)51 1425
Email: Guro.Huby@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Lorna Sheal
Tel: (0131 6)50 3890
Email: L.Sheal@ed.ac.uk |
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