Postgraduate Course: Dissertation MSc International Political Theory (PLIT11013)
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 | Politics |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | All students will undertake a dissertation of no longer than 15,000 words on a topic in the field of International Political Theory, 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 independent research on a question within International Political Theory. The work is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature on its topic, deploying skills, knowledge and understanding developed in the taught elements of the degree. Each student will be allocated a research supervisor by the Spring to advise on and oversee her or his research progress.
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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 Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Summary of Learning Outcomes
Students will:
- learn to undertake a sustained piece of independent work within International Political Theory that displays and extends the research skills, training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework;
- refine their abilities to engage critically and analytically with the
significant literature in the field of their specialist interest;
- apply relevant concepts and approaches of political theory to the investigation of their research question;
- develop their abilities to construct logical passages of argumentation
in accordance with common canons of inferential rationality;
- exercise and consolidate their time- and task-management, presentational, and self-motivational skills in the conduct, presentation, and time- and task-planning of their research scheduling;
- demonstrate scrupulous attention to the relevant referencing and bibliographic conventions.
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Assessment Information
| 15000 word dissertation |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Tim Hayward
Tel: (0131 6)50 4238
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Course secretary | Mrs Gillian Macdonald
Tel: (0131 6)51 3244
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