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 Undergraduate Course: Sociology Project Preparation Course (SCIL10091)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science | College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 0 | ECTS Credits | 0 |  
 
| Summary | This course is designed to enable students to prepare thoroughly for researching, writing and submitting the Sociology Project. |  
| Course description | Students will receive guidance on the main components of the project, identifying a suitable area for research, constructing a research proposal, choosing the right methodology and preparing an annotated bibliography/literature review. |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Full Year |  Timetable | Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | This course is non-credit bearing. |  
| Feedback | This course is non-credit bearing. However, there are formative feedback sessions |  
| No Exam Information |  
Learning Outcomes 
| On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
        put together a research proposal that is practical and suitable for a particular topicmake justified choices about the kinds of research methods to usemake optimal use of available resources and explore topics through independent studyidentify and utilise relevant texts as part of their researchbe in a position to proceed to the primary researching and writing-up of their project in Year 4. |  
Reading List 
| Designing Social Research, Norman Blaikie (Polity Press, 2000) |  
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Not entered |  
| Keywords | Not entered |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Nicholas Prior Tel: (0131 6)50 3991
 Email: n.prior@ed.ac.uk
 | Course secretary | Mr Ewen Miller Tel: (0131 6)50 3925
 Email: Ewen.Miller@ed.ac.uk
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