Postgraduate Course: Research Proposal in Human Geography (PRGE11005)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad Research Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/MSc/mscprogrammes/geores/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course offers students a supervised opportunity to develop and design their own independent research proposal. Managing such a process is essential training for students wishing to proceed to advanced postgraduate research (PhD), or to acquire research management skills applicable to non-academic settings (eg public and commercial applications). The course culminates in the submission of a written research proposal.
The course aims to provide a supported research environment in which students can:
- establish their research question/s
- justify the relevance of their proposed research in relation to existing research and theoretical debates
- decide upon theoretically and empirically appropriate methodologies and techniques
- scope and detail the resource implications of the proposed research
- plan timing in terms of preparatory work, field or archive work, and writing up.
- experience different modes of presenting research.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
Human Geography (GEGR08007)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | N/A |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will:
- Understand how to frame research questions in a manner appropriate to their chosen area of research;
- Know how to adopt research techniques appropriate to the research question and research subject/s;
- Be aware of the practical resource and logistics considerations of research;
- Know how to plan time and resources in relation to a medium-sized research project;
- Know how to use visual presentation tools in a conference setting (power-point etc.) ;
- Understand and prepare a research design, drawing, where appropriate, upon a range of theories and concepts in human geography or other relevant subjects
- Experience the demands of presenting a paper and accepting feed-back in an academic-style conference
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Assessment Information
20 minute conference presentation at Postgraduate Conference
2,000 words written research proposal
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Jane Jacobs
Tel: (0131 6)50 2515
Email: Jane.Jacobs@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Keir
Tel: (0131 6)51 7192
Email: caroline.keir@ed.ac.uk |
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