Undergraduate Course: Geography Dissertation (GEGR10053)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	The dissertation gives the student an opportunity to carry out an original piece of research.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 6, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 384 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Course Work: 90 %, Dissertation Conference: 10%. In Semester 1 of the 4th year there will be a Dissertation Conference (10%) where students are expected to inform their peers and members of staff about their project and update them on their progress. The rest of the assessment is the written Dissertation (90%).
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
The dissertation presents an opportunity for the student to develop and demonstrate qualities sought by many employers of graduates, for example, the ability to: 1. work independently to execute a defined project of research which the student themselves has selected and defined 2. apply insights gained in other courses, substantive, methodological and philosophical 3. design an effective way of investigating the research problem 4. review existing research of relevance 5. collect relevant evidence from appropriate sources in order to make judgements where data is limited or comes from a range of sources 6. apply qualitative, quantitative and/or computing methods to analyse data 7. interpret findings perceptively and with professional level insight 8. present a well-reasoned and lucidly-expressed argument 9. write a research project fluently and succinctly 10. prepare and use good quality illustrations where appropriate 11. cite sources systematically within normal academic conventions 12. make formal presentations on the chosen topic to informed audiences