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Postgraduate Course: Dissertation LLM Corporate Law (LAWS11282)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Law CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Course typeStandard AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) Credits60
Home subject areaLaw Other subject areaNone
Course website None Taught in Gaelic?No
Course descriptionAn independent piece of research and analysis of up to 10,000 words on an approved topic in the field of corporate law. The dissertation is an extended piece of scholarship in which a student is expected to formulate and sustain a substantive piece of research. The student 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, comparative and bibliographic skills. Each student will be allocated a research supervisor in the second semester.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Delivery period: 2013/14 Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Learn enabled:  No Quota:  None
Web Timetable Web Timetable
Course Start Date 21/04/2014
Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 581 )
Additional Notes For more information regarding this course please see the School of Law Dissertation Handbook
Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
No Exam Information
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Competence in advanced legal research, analysis and reasoning.
- A comprehensive grasp of the relevant literature and an ability to engage in critical analysis at a high level.
- Ability to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field of their specialist interest.
- Ability to employ relevant legal, scientific and social science concepts, theories and methods in formulating a thesis.
- Ability to manage the conduct, presentation, and timing of an independent research project, employing appropriate analytical, comparative and bibliographic skills.
Assessment Information
10,000 word dissertation
Special Arrangements
None
Additional Information
Academic description Not entered
Syllabus Not entered
Transferable skills Not entered
Reading list Not entered
Study Abroad Not entered
Study Pattern Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMr Remus Valsan
Tel: (0131 6)50 2008
Email: Remus.Valsan@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Amanda Mackenzie
Tel: (0131 6)50 6325
Email: amanda.mackenzie@ed.ac.uk
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