Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc/Dip International & European Politics) (PGSP11052)
Course Outline
School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Available to all students |
SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
Summary | All students will undertake a dissertation of no longer than 15,000 words on a topic related to International or European Politics to be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations. 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 or European Politics. The work is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon the 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 Spring to advise on and oversee her or his research progress. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
583 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
15000 WORD
DISSERTATION |
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No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- learn to undertake a sustained piece of independent work within the disciplinary fields of International and European Politics that displays and extends the 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 scrupulous attention to the relevant data-analytical, referencing, and bibliographic conventions.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Additional Class Delivery Information |
independent study |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Xavier Guillaume
Tel: (0131 6)50 3937
Email: Xavier.Guillaume@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk |
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