? Credit Points : 60  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : LLC-P-P03088

Students must gain an overall pass of 50% or above at interim assessment in order to proceed to dissertation. Candidates who gain between 40% and 49% at interim assessment will be awarded the Diploma.

The dissertation will be 15,000 words in length (excluding footnotes and bibliography).

Students will receive regular supervision and will be expected to submit a detailed plan and at least one draft of their dissertation to their supervisor.

MSc candidates failing to achieve a mark of at least 50% for their dissertation may, at the discretion of the examiners, be asked to resubmit a revised dissertation for the MSc or may be awarded the Diploma.

? This course is not available to visting students.

Home subject area

English Literature, (School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, Schedule G)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 2 (Blocks 3-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 1 hour(s) per week for 5 weeks

Students will have learned the skills needed to complete a research project in line with the requirements of the academic discipline

One 15,000 word dissertation to be submitted as specified in the programme handbook

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

Course Secretary

Mrs Kate Marshall
Tel : (0131 6)50 4114
Email : Kate.Marshall@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Dr Alex Thomson
Tel : (0131 6)50 3058
Email : Alex.Thomson@ed.ac.uk

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

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