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Undergraduate Course: Dissertation in Sustainable Development, SPS (SSPS10015)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Social and Political Science CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryPLEASE NOTE: This course is only available to MA Sustainable Development students.
The dissertation in Sustainable Development, SPS is an extended piece of independent, in-depth scholarship on an sustainable development topic with a clear political, international, sociological, ethical or anthropological dimension. The topic is largely of the students¿ own choosing, but must be approved by the Dissertation convenor. The work should engage critically and analytically with the literature in the chosen field. Students will be expected to refine and extend their understanding of relevant concepts and theories introduced in the courses completed in years 1-3 of the degree. Students are further expected to demonstrate competence in a range of primary and secondary sources, and are expected to demonstrate appropriate referencing and bibliographic skills.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  20
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 392 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) A. A 12,000 word dissertation will be due at a specified date (it will fall near the end of Semester 2) set by the School

B. Students are required to attend a set number of non-assessed Dissertation Sessions organised by the dissertations convenor and comprising all students undertaking an sustainable development dissertation in SPS. The sessions will provide general advice on dissertation questions, structure, research and tips. Sessions later in the year will be used by students to present their topics and receive feedback from other students.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Undertake sustained, independent work, drawing on one or more of disciplinary fields in SPS
  2. Engage critically and analytically with the significant literature in their chosen field of interest
  3. Employ relevant knowledge, concepts, theories and analytical approaches to formulate an extended argument
  4. Develop task-management, presentational, and self-motivational skills
  5. 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 Rachel Howell
Tel: (0131 6)51 1384
Email: Rachel.Howell@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Ewen Miller
Tel: (0131 6)50 3925
Email: Ewen.Miller@ed.ac.uk
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