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Postgraduate Course: MSc Dissertation (Structural Engineering and Mechanics) (PGEE11007)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits60 ECTS Credits30
SummaryMSc Dissertation
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 60, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 507 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Assessment of the written submission.
Assessment of poster presentation at University of Glasgow
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Students will apply the knowledge gained from the taught courses to an intellectually demanding research topic of their choice (selected from the choices made available to them). They will carry out the research either independently or in small groups (with minimal supervision). They will learn to use research resources (library, WWW, advanced engineering computational software) imaginatively to produce meaningful answers to the questions posed in their chosen research. They will also learn the necessary presentational skills required for demanding research
projects in producing the dissertation.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Asif Usmani
Tel: (0131 6)50 5789
Email: Asif.Usmani@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Craig Hovell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
Email: c.hovell@ed.ac.uk
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