Postgraduate Course: Dissertation MSc Medical Anthropology (PGSP11349)

Course Outline
School	School of Social and Political 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	All students will undertake a 15,000 word dissertation on a topic related to the field of anthropology of health and illness 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 research. The dissertation is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theory covered in the taught element of the degree and deploying a range of secondary (and in some cases primary) sources as well as appropriate data-analytic and bibliographic skills. Students will be allocated a research supervisor from the end of the Spring semester.
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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 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 583 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	15,000 words
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Students will learn how to undertake a sustained piece of supervised but independent work within the field, which employs the research skills, training and knowledge acquired in the previous coursework. Students will learn to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field of their specialist interest. Students will learn how to employ social science concepts and theories in formulating a thesis. Students will learn the conduct, presentation, and timing of an independent research project, employing appropriate data-analytical and bibliographic skills.