Postgraduate Course: MSc Human Anatomy Dissertation (BIME11042)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| 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 | Students studying for the Masters qualification will carry out:
Either a Library dissertation on a topic related to the course eg, teaching methods, historical or legal aspects OR an anatomical, morphological or surgical-related, laboratory research project and dissertation |
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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 2024/25, 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:
600
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 13,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Other Study Hours 14,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
560 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
Not on line distance learning
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
A 10,000 word Dissertation (80%)
An oral presentation (20%) |
| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Specify a topic of enquiry suitable for a dissertation and justify its theoretical significance, professional relevance and practical feasibility
- Identify and reflect critically on relevant literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to the research process used
- Collect and analyse evidence, justifying the approaches used and identify the implications of these decisions in terms of the status of the evidence and the findings based upon it
- Demonstrate that the work complies with relevant ethical guidelines
- Present their work, observing appropriate academic conventions in relation to style, tone, paragraphing, paraphrasing, sectioning of the text, proof-reading and referencing.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Abduelmenem Alashkham
Tel: (0131 6)50 2924
Email: Abduelmenem.Alashkham@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Stepha Heck
Tel: (0131 6)50 3160
Email: stepha.heck@ed.ac.uk |
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