Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc Marketing) (CMSE11137)
Course Outline
| School | Business School | 
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 | Common Courses (Management School) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
| Course website | 
None | 
Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | The student will conduct a piece of original research over the summer block normally on a marketing related topic. Various types of dissertation are acceptable. A dissertation may be a critical review of theoretical material or a piece of empirical research or both. Examples of the aims of the dissertation are: to give the student the opportunity to practise and gain confidence in the use of skills which s/he has acquired in the preceding courses; to provide an opportunity to study a particular topic in depth. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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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: 2014/15  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 | 
20/04/2015 | 
 
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
600
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 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 3,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
585 )
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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 
After completing the dissertation the student will be able to: 
- plan and conduct a substantial piece of research over a protracted period; 
- synthesise, critically evaluate and analyse a body of literature;  
- choose and use correctly an appropriate research methodology to approach a research problem; 
- structure and logically construct a report on a piece of research. 
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Assessment Information 
| A dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in length. |  
 
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 | Diss MKTG | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Miss Mary Ho 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8347 
Email: mary.ho@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Kate Ainsworth 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3854 
Email: Kate.Ainsworth@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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