Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc Advancing Nursing Practice) (NUST11058)

Course Outline
School	School of Health in Social Science	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	60	ECTS Credits	30
Summary	The MSc in Advancing Nursing Practice Dissertation can take the form of an emperical piece of nursing research or a proposal for a research project. It should consist of an extended review of relevant literature.
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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	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 600 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 576 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The dissertation should be 10,000 - 15,000 words in length.
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Learning Outcomes
The objectives of the dissertation are to give the student an opportunity to undertake study in a particular topic and to formulate a reasoned research approach on the basis of a critical appraisal of existing theory and knowledge.