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Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc/Dip International Relations) (PLIT11018)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits60 ECTS Credits30
SummaryThe dissertation is an extended piece of independent scholarship in which the student is expected to formulate and study in depth a topic largely of their own choosing, under the guidance of an academic supervisor. Students are expected to refine and extend their understanding of relevant concepts and theories introduced in the taught elements of the degree programme and to demonstrate competence in a range of primary and secondary sources as well as appropriate analytic and bibliographic skills, in order to engage critically with the literature in the field of international relations. Students are not expected to undertake the exhaustive literature review or empirical work typical of higher research degrees, although a limited period of empirical research may be included in the preparation of the dissertation.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 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 5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 583 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 15,000 word dissertation
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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Students will:
¿ learn to undertake sustained but independent work within the disciplinary field of international relations;
¿ display and extend their research skills, training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework;
¿ refine their abilities to engage critically and analytically with the significant literature in their chosen field of their specialist interest;
¿ employ relevant knowledge, concepts, theories and analytical approaches from the field of international relations to formulate an extended argument;
¿ 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.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Andrew Neal
Tel: (0131 6)50 4236
Email: Andrew.Neal@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
Email: gillian.macdonald@ed.ac.uk
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