Dissertation in Carbon Management (P02579)

? Credit Points : 60 ? SCQF Level : 11 ? Acronym : GEO-P-CMD

The course allows candidates to design, plan and execute high-level research based on
knowledge and skills acquired in taught course-delivered elements of the programme. It
gives candidates a opportunity to undertake novel research under the supervision of at
least one qualified academic member of staff. Additional academic staff and industry
experts may be drawn upon as advisors to support the candidate.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Students on other School of GeoSciences and School of Business and Economics MSc programmes may enrol by prior agreement between relevant Programme Directors and the Course Organiser. Anyone wishing to enrol students from outside of these Schools should make a specific arrangement with the Course Organiser.

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences), (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

1. Experience in the formulation and testing of hypotheses, data collection and analysis
2. Successful execution of a novel and well-planned independent research project under
expert supervision
3. Ability to write up research findings to a standard publishable in the peer-reviewed
literature
4. Experience in applying theoretical, methodological and technical knowledge acquired in
other parts of the programme to research question and to make a critical analysis of
existing evidence bases in the peer and non-peer reviewed literature