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Postgraduate Course: Research Proposal in Human Geography (PRGE11005)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Geosciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThis course offers students a supervised opportunity to develop and design their own independent research proposal. Managing such a process is essential training for students wishing to proceed to advanced postgraduate research (PhD), or to acquire research management skills applicable to non-academic settings (eg public and commercial applications). The course culminates in the submission of a written research proposal.

The course aims to provide a supported research environment in which students can:
- establish their research question/s
- justify the relevance of their proposed research in relation to existing research and theoretical debates
- decide upon theoretically and empirically appropriate methodologies and techniques
- scope and detail the resource implications of the proposed research
- plan timing in terms of preparatory work, field or archive work, and writing up.
- experience different modes of presenting research.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Human Geography (GEGR08007)
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs N/A
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students will:
- Understand how to frame research questions in a manner appropriate to their chosen area of research;
- Know how to adopt research techniques appropriate to the research question and research subject/s;
- Be aware of the practical resource and logistics considerations of research;
- Know how to plan time and resources in relation to a medium-sized research project;
- Know how to use visual presentation tools in a conference setting (power-point etc.) ;
- Understand and prepare a research design, drawing, where appropriate, upon a range of theories and concepts in human geography or other relevant subjects
- Experience the demands of presenting a paper and accepting feed-back in an academic-style conference
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/MSc/mscprogrammes/geores/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Jane Jacobs
Tel: (0131 6)50 2515
Email: Jane.Jacobs@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Caroline Keir
Tel: (0131 6)51 7192
Email: caroline.keir@ed.ac.uk
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