Dissertation MSc International Political Theory (P02343)

? Credit Points : 60 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : SPS-P-P02343

All students will undertake a dissertation of no longer than 15,000 words on a topic in the field of International Political Theory, to be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations. The dissertation is an extended piece of scholarship in which a student is expected to formulate and sustain a substantive piece of independent research on a question within International Political Theory. The work is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature on its topic, deploying skills, knowledge and understanding developed in the taught elements of the degree. Each student will be allocated a research supervisor by the Spring to advise on and oversee her or his research progress.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Politics and International Relations, (School of Social and Political Science, Schedule J)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : To be arranged/Unknown

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 15 weeks

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

Summary of Learning Outcomes

Students will:
- learn to undertake a sustained piece of independent work within International Political Theory that displays and extends the research skills, training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework;

- refine their abilities to engage critically and analytically with the
significant literature in the field of their specialist interest;

- apply relevant concepts and approaches of political theory to the investigation of their research question;

- develop their abilities to construct logical passages of argumentation
in accordance with common canons of inferential rationality;

- exercise and consolidate their time- and task-management, presentational, and self-motivational skills in the conduct, presentation, and time- and task-planning of their research scheduling;

- demonstrate scrupulous attention to the relevant referencing and bibliographic conventions.