Postgraduate Course: MMus Individual Research Project (MUSI11014)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh College of Art	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course will provide an opportunity for MMus students to undertake a limited amount of research, under supervision, into a topic of their choice, related to their programme of study and, normally, to the research interests of a member of staff. This might or might not eventually form the basis of part of the MMus dissertation. If not, it will provide the student with the opportunity to undertake rsearch in a different, but probably related, area.
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Learning and Teaching Activities
Assessment (Further Info)	Please contact the School directly for a breakdown of Assessment Methods
Additional Information (Assessment)	Twenty-minute presentation and an extended essay of c. 5,000 words.
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Learning Outcomes
The student will have undertaken a well-defined research project, putting into practice methodologies learned in other courses on the MMus programme. The student will have presented his/her findings in a 20-minute presentation and will have written these up in an extended essay with appropriate critical and illustrative apparatus.