Postgraduate Course: Ancient Worlds Dissertation (PGHC11538)
Course Outline
School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
Summary | All students who met the requirements for progression, will undertake a 15,000 word dissertation on a topic agreed with their allocated supervisor, to be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations and the relevant LEARN instance. The dissertation is an extended piece of scholarship in which a student is expected to formulate and sustain a substantive piece of research on a topic that falls under the remit of the Ancient Worlds (online) programme i.e. ancient history, classics or archaeology. The dissertation is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theory covered in the taught element of the degree and deploying a range of primary and secondary resources as well as appropriate data-analytic and bibliographical skills |
Course description |
The Dissertation exercise binds the different elements of the programme together while exploring candidates' abilities to undertake original research, and to make a sustained argument, in their chosen field of study. Student should be thinking of a dissertation topic throughout their period of study, and should feel free to contact a potential supervisor informally at any time, however there is an administrative process in advance of each potential dissertation start date to formalise dissertation topics and supervision allocation in advance of the proposal submission deadline.
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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: 15 |
Course Start |
Flexible |
Course Start Date |
05/08/2024 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
588 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
One Research Proposal (Pass/Fail - for formative feedback only)
One 15,000 word dissertation (weighted at 100%), assessed by two internal examiners and moderated by an external examiner |
Feedback |
Not entered |
No Exam Information |
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Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 15 |
Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Course Start Date |
28/04/2025 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
(
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
588 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
One Research Proposal (Pass/Fail - for formative feedback only)
One 15,000 word dissertation (weighted at 100%), assessed by two internal examiners and moderated by an external examiner |
Feedback |
Not entered |
No Exam Information |
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Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: 10 |
Course Start |
Full Year |
Course Start Date |
16/09/2024 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
(
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
588 )
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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
One Research Proposal (Pass/Fail - for formative feedback only)
One 15,000 word dissertation (weighted at 100%), assessed by two internal examiners and moderated by an external examiner |
Feedback |
Not entered |
No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- to formulate and implement a plan of research
- to formulate hypotheses relating to the student's research subject and to test them by marshalling a range of primary and secondary evidence.
- to locate an argument - whether verbal or written - within a broader intellectual context and to evaluate its implications from that more general perspective.
- to conceive and pursue to its conclusion a coherent argument founded on evidence provided by the sources at the student's disposal.
- to undertake a sustained independent research project, to complete it within a strict time limit and to write clear, accurate, precise and concise prose.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
Course organiser | |
Course secretary | Mrs Lindsay Scott
Tel: (0131 6)50 9948
Email: Lindsay.Scott@ed.ac.uk |
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