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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences : Language Sciences

Postgraduate Course: Dissertation in Linguistics (LASC11135)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits60 ECTS Credits30
SummaryThe dissertation is a supervised piece of empirical research on a specific topic in Linguistics of 8,000 words.
Course description As above
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 Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 588 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Dissertation of 8,000 words.
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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Skills in managing a relatively long-term project
  2. In-depth knowledge of a particular chosen subfield of Linguistics
  3. Critical judgement in evaluating existing literature
  4. Imagination in discerning relevant, possibly new, research questions
  5. Discipline in argumentation
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Nikolas Gisborne
Tel: (0131 6)50 3600
Email: n.gisborne@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Toni Noble
Tel: (0131 6)51 3188
Email: Toni.noble@ed.ac.uk
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