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Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MTD) (REDU11022)

Course Outline
SchoolMoray House School of Education 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 a major study demanding of the course member a high level of individual application and commitment to research and enquiry. It provides the course member with the opportunity to identify, reflect on and explore a topic that has implications for his/her 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. Research training is an important part of the Dissertation process and this will be offered either as an integral part of the Dissertation course (Research Methods P00056) or via discrete research courses (eg. Research Process P00381). Guidance for students on which of these options they should pursue will be provided in the appropriate programme booklet. Before beginning the dissertation, students should submit a detailed dissertation proposal (approx. 1-2000 words). If the proposal is satisfactory, the student may begin work on the dissertation with guidance and support from the designated supervisor.
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
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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 up-to-date literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to the research process used
  3. Collect and analyse evidence, justifying the approaches and techniques used, and identify the implications of these decisions in terms of the status of the evidence, and the findings based upon it
  4. Examine critically the contribution and limitations of the study undertaken in theoretical and applied terms with regard to the practices and roles of relevant professionals
  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 organiserMr Peter Evans
Tel: (0131 6)51 6345
Email: peter.evans@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Mairi Ross
Tel: (0131 6)51 4241
Email: Mairi.Ross@ed.ac.uk
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