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Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (International Animal Health) (INAH11015)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityAvailable to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits60
Home subject areaInternational Animal Health Other subject areaNone
Course website http://www.internationalanimalhealth.ed.ac.uk Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionThe course will allow the candidate to analyse and present animal health-related data that they have already collected during the course of work conducted in their home country. Alternatively the candidate may wish to undertake a desk study to explore and develop a theme of relevance to their current working environment, or an areas of interest that have arisen during their period of study on the MSc.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Students will be required to have regular access to a networked computer, and will be responsible for providing their own computing equipment and consumables.
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus?Yes
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Class Delivery Information This course will be delivered online through Learn.
Course Start Date 05/08/2013
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 40, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 548 )
Additional Notes
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
This feature will require a high level of commitment and application from the candidate and provides a valuable exercise in the writing and presentation of information to a standard that engages appropriately with academic conventions in relation to style, tone, structuring and referencing.

As an integral element of the final year the student will complete a course on research methodologies, selecting between "Socioeconomic research methods" or "Biomedical research methods". This is a compulsory, but un-assessed, element that will provide training in the skills required for successful completion of the Dissertation.
Assessment Information
Dissertation (10-15,000 words).

The University of Edinburgh's postgraduate common marking scheme will be used (assessment of dissertation component).
Special Arrangements
This courses will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment Learn as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access, that will be made available to registered users.
Additional Information
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Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
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KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Ewan Macleod
Tel: 0131 242 9379
Email: ewan.macleod@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lauren Sandford
Tel: (0131 6)51 1824
Email: Lauren.Sandford@ed.ac.uk
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