Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (Cardiovascular Biology) (LISC11049)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	80	ECTS Credits	40
Summary	The research dissertation should not exceed 15,000 words (although 7-10,000 is preferred).
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 2017/18, 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: 800 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 30, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 490, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 70, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 16, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 192 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	1 x dissertation maximum (15,000 words)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
The purpose of the dissertation is to ascertain that students: - have a thorough knowledge of the relevant literature, can make a critical appraisal of the key material in it and can place their own proposed project in its context, - can accurately report the work already done and its significance.