Postgraduate Course: Dissertation MSc in the Anthropology of Health and Illness (PGSP11074)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 60 |
| Home subject area | Postgrad (School of Social and Political Studies) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | All students will undertake a 15,000 word dissertation on a topic related to the field of anthropology of health and illness 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 research. The dissertation is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theory covered in the taught element of the degree and deploying a range of secondary (and in some cases primary) sources as well as appropriate data-analytic and bibliographic skills. Students will be allocated a research supervisor from the end of the Spring semester. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
* To test the ability of students to undertake a sustained piece of supervised but independent work within the field which displays the research skills, training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework.
* to test the ability of students to demonstrate an ability to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field of their specialist interest.
* to develop and test the ability of students to employ relevant social science concepts and theories in formulating a thesis.
* to examine the ability of students to manage the conduct, presentation, and timing of an independent research project, employing appropriate data-analytical and bibliographic skills. |
Assessment Information
| 15,000 words |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ian Harper
Tel: (0131 6)50 3816
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Course secretary | Miss Madina Howard
Tel: (0131 6)51 1659
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