Postgraduate Course: Dissertation MSc by Research - Social Work (60 Credits) (PGSP11090)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Dissertation |
Availability | Not available to visiting 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 | The dissertation is an extended piece of independent scholarship in the field. It is the main work in which students demonstrate achievement of crucial learning outcomes for the MSc by Research, drawing on relevant material covered in the taught element of the degree and through supervision. The dissertation can be up to 15,000 words in length.
The nature of a dissertation for the MSc by Research may vary. For students proceeding to a PhD or MPhil, it will normally comprise a full research proposal. In this case, it will contain an extended review of the literature, establishing the research questions, plus an extended discussion of the likely research design and any methodological issues. Alternatively, the dissertation may comprise a discrete piece of (usually empirical) research, possibly a pilot study for the eventual doctoral research. This will usually incorporate literature review, research questions, research design and methodology, data collection and analysis elements, and conclusions.
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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 Flexible, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Students should:
demonstrate the ability to carry out a sustained piece of independent scholarship, involving project and time management
demonstrate the ability to frame a coherent and answerable set of research questions, to justify these in relation to existing knowledge and theories, and to demonstrate that answering them would constitute an advance on existing knowledge
achieve a command of existing knowledge in their field of research, through a critical review of relevant literature engaging with salient debates
demonstrate the ability to produce a research design capable of answering the chosen research questions
demonstrate an understanding of research methods, appropriate to the research topic and questions, taking due account of any practical, political and ethical issues affecting the conduct of their research
where relevant, demonstrate the ability to implement the chosen research design and methods of data collection and analysis
where relevant, come up with credible conclusions (eg, on the implications of a pilot study for a fuller study)
where relevant, demonstrate the ability to integrate theoretical and empirical elements
produce written scholarship in line with research and bibliographic conventions
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Assessment Information
| A dissertation of 15,000 words. It must be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations. Each student will be allocated a supervisor to provide advice on their dissertation. |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Richard Perry
Tel: (0131 6)50 3908
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Course secretary | Miss Caroline Foord
Tel: (0131 6)51 3009
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