Postgraduate Course: Research Project Preparation (PGEE11044)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Engineering) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course is preparation for the MSc project.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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| King's Buildings | Tutorial | | 1-11 | | | | | 15:00 - 17:00 |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Relationship with the supervisor, what can be expected from him/her and what is expected of the student.
Time management, project planning, Gantt charts and resource planning.
How to do a literature review.
Use of computers during a project.
Plagiarism. What it is and how to avoid it - the techniques employed to detect it.
What is added value?
How to write a MSc thesis.
Presentation and communication skills.
Background material including data protection, copyright and patent law, IP issues, enterprise topics, health and safety and ethics.
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Assessment Information
Lecture attendance will be compulsory.
Lecture attendance will be compulsory. The main deliverables will be a report and a presentation on a Mini-project - containing the project definition, the literature review, a detailed description of the resources required and a Gantt chart. This report will be submitted around mid March. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Keywords | Project preparation MSc |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Rebecca Cheung
Tel: (0131 6)50 5749
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Course secretary | Mrs Sharon Mulvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 7076
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