Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc South Asia and International Development) (SAST11001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political 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 | 60 |
| Home subject area | South Asian Studies |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The dissertation is an extended piece of scholarship in which a student is expected to formulate and sustain a substantive piece of independent research in international development. The work is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theories introduced in the taught elements of the degree and deploying a range of primary and secondary sources as well as appropriate data-analytic and bibliographic skills. Each student will be allocated a research supervisor by the end of the second semester to advise on and oversee her/his research progress. There may be some opportunities to undertake dissertation research as part of planned internships with organisations in Scotland or South Asia; these will be assessed by the same criteria as the standalone dissertations. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
21/04/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
588 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- learn to undertake a sustained piece of independent work within the disciplinary fields of South Asia and International Development that displays and extends research skills, training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework;
- refine their abilities to engage critically and analytically with the significant literature in the field of their specialist interest;
- employ relevant concepts and theories in formulating a thesis;
- develop their abilities to construct logical passages of argumentation in accordance with common canons of inferential rationality;
- exercise and consolidate their time- and task-management, presentational, and self-motivational skills in the conduct, presentation, and time- and task-planning of their research scheduling;
- demonstrate attention to the relevant data analysis, referencing, and bibliographic conventions. |
Assessment Information
| 15000 WORD DISSERTATION |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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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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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Patricia Jeffery
Tel: (0131 6)50 3984
Email: P.Jeffery@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mr Fraser Maxwell
Tel: (0131 6)51 5066
Email: Fraser.Maxwell@ed.ac.uk |
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