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Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (Sport Policy, Management and International Development) (EDUA11302)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits50 ECTS Credits25
SummaryThe Dissertation is a major study demanding the course member a high level of individual application and commitment to research and enquiry. It provides the opportunity to identify, reflect on, and explore a topic that has implications for the student's own professional development. The Dissertation will involve a critical interrogation of the relationship between professional practice, academic theory and the design, ethics and interpretation of research.
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 2016/17, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Course Start Date 17/04/2017
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 500 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 490 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Dissertation (12,000 to 15,000 words). A dissertation handbook is available for guidance.
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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Specify a topic of enquiry suitable for a dissertation and justify its theoretical significance, professional relevance and practical feasibility;
  2. Identify and reflect critically on relevant contemporary literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to the research process used;
  3. Collect and analyse evidence, justifying the approaches used and identify the implications of these decisions in terms of the status of the evidence and the findings based upon it
  4. Demonstrate that the work complies with relevant ethical guidelines
  5. Present work, observing appropriate academic conventions in relation to style, tone, paragraphing, paraphrasing, sectioning of the text, proof-reading and referencing
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Gavin Reid
Tel: (0131 6)51 6654
Email: g.l.reid@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Caroline Grevers
Tel: (0131 6 )51 1196
Email: Caroline.Grevers@ed.ac.uk
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