Undergraduate Course: Economics Honours Dissertation (ECNM10030)

Course Outline
School	School of Economics	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
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	Preparation of a dissertation satisfying the requirements of Economics single and joint Honours programmes. Detailed guidance on dissertation preparation, supervision and submission is provided in the Economics Honours Handbook.
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 2, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 389 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	A dissertation (a maximum length of 35 A4 pages in space and a half, including the title page, abstract and bibliography. In addition you may have up to 5 pages of appendices on data sources.)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
After successful completion of the dissertation the student will have knowledge and understanding relating to the topic covered and will have developed and demonstrated a wide range of key skills including: managing tasks and time; independent action and initiative; obtaining and processing information from a variety of sources; presentation and communications skills; critical analysis and assessment. Where the dissertation satisfies the requirements of Economics (rather that those of another joint degree discpline) the student will normally have demonstrated the ability to apply core economic principles and techniques to a particular topic.