Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc by Research (Management) Mode C) (CMSE11003)
Course Outline
| School | Business School |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | The student will conduct a piece of original research over a period of approximately four months and write a thesis. Various types of dissertation are acceptable. A dissertation may be a critical review of literature 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 complete some preparatory work for his/her doctoral thesis; to enable the student to evaluate or try out a methodology which might be used in a future piece of research. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
A dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in length. |
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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 approriate research methodology to approach a research problem;
- structure and logically construct a report on a piece of research.
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof William Rees
Tel:
Email: bill.rees@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Natalie Honeyman
Tel: (0131 6)51 4317
Email: Natalie.Honeyman@ed.ac.uk |
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