Postgraduate Course: Dissertation in Carbon Management (PGGE11128)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | The course allows candidates to design, plan, execute and write-up high-level research based on knowledge and skills acquired in taught course-delivered elements of the programme. In addition, much learning on skills, methods and acquisition of knowledge will occur through undertaking the dissertation research. The dissertation gives candidates an opportunity to undertake novel research under the supervision of a qualified academic member of staff. Additional academic staff and industry or public sector experts may be drawn upon as advisors to support the candidate. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | This course is only available to students enrolled on MSc Carbon Management. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2020/21, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
578 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework 100%
Research dissertation of no more than 15,000 words presented in the format:
Introduction
Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
References
Dissertation Submission Deadline: 6th August 2020 |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Experience in the formulation and testing of hypotheses or research questions, data collection and analysis
- Successful execution of a novel and well-planned independent research project under expert supervision
- Ability to write up research findings to a standard publishable in the peer-reviewed literature
- Experience in applying theoretical, methodological and technical knowledge acquired in other parts of the programme to a research question(s) and to make a critical analysis of existing evidence bases in the peer and non-peer reviewed literature
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Ms Toni Freitas
Tel:
Email: Toni.Freitas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Heather Penman
Tel: (0131 6)50
Email: heather.penman@ed.ac.uk |
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