? Credit Points : 60  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : EEL-P-PGSEMDIS

MSc Dissertation

? This course is not available to visting students.

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of Engineering and Electronics), (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Block 5 and beyond

Students will apply the knowledge gained from the taught courses to an intellectually demanding research topic of their choice (selected from the choices made available to them).

They will carry out the research either independently or in small groups (with minimal supervision).

They will learn to use research resources (library, WWW, advanced engineering computational software) imaginatively to produce meaningful answers to the questions posed in their chosen research.

They will also learn the necessary presentational skills required for demanding research projects in producing the dissertation.

Assessment of the written submission - 80%
Assessment of oral defence (poster presentation) - 20%

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Mrs Sharon Mulvey
Tel : (0131 6)50 4860
Email : Sharon.Mulvey@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Stephen Welch
Tel : (0131 6)50 5734
Email : S.Welch@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.scieng.ed.ac.uk/