Undergraduate Course: Sociology Project (SCIL10045)

Course Outline
School	School of Social and Political Science	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	A piece of supervised 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	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 7, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 8, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 377 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One 10,000 word dissertation accompanied by a research diary
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Students will be able to critically review existing literature and relate this to a proposed research project Students will be able to make informed decisions about the appropriate methodology to investigate a particular phenomenon and defend these decisions, as well as assessing their ethical consequences Students will be able to analyse empirical data/theory in order to give an insightful account of this material Students will be able to reflect on the strengths and limitations of the research design and execution of the research Students will be able to manage the development of a project from initial ideas to final project report