Postgraduate Course: Diploma Dissertation (LISC11050)

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	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	Diploma research dissertation
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: 400 ( Lecture Hours 2, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 20, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 250, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 105 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The research dissertation should not exceed 10,000 words -7,000-10,000 is preferred.
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.