Postgraduate Course: MBA Capstone Project (CMSE11521)
Course Outline
| School | Business School | 
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Dissertation | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 30 | 
ECTS Credits | 15 | 
 
 
| Summary | The Capstone Project is undertaken in the summer period for full-time students. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Towards the end of the MBA programme students write a 7,500 word problem solving assignment. Students will have the opportunity to follow a research, consultancy or business plan pathway.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
300
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 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 6,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 6,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
288 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
100% Individual Project | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Study in depth a topic which you are particularly interested in within the field of business studies
 - Plan, design, execute and report an important piece of individual research.
 - Gain experience of the processes involved in developing research
 - Communicate, via a report, complex ideas and information in a coherent and structured manner.
 - Contribute to knowledge through one of a research, consultancy or business plan pathways
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
¿	Study in depth a topic which you are particularly interested in within the field of business studies | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Julian Rawel 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8067 
Email: Julian.Rawel@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Mrs Angela Muir 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3854 
Email: Angela.Muir@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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