Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (Sport Policy, Management and International Development) (EDUA11302)
Course Outline
| School | Moray House School of Education |
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 | 50 |
ECTS Credits | 25 |
| Summary | The Dissertation is a major study demanding the course member a high level of individual application and commitment to research and enquiry. It provides the opportunity to identify, reflect on, and explore a topic that has implications for the student's own professional development. The Dissertation will involve a critical interrogation of the relationship between professional practice, academic theory and the design, ethics and interpretation of research. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
| Course Start Date |
25/09/2017 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
500
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
490 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Dissertation (12,000 to 15,000 words). A dissertation handbook is available for guidance. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Specify a topic of enquiry suitable for a dissertation and justify its theoretical significance, professional relevance and practical feasibility;
- Identify and reflect critically on relevant contemporary literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to the research process used;
- Collect and analyse evidence, justifying the approaches used and identify the implications of these decisions in terms of the status of the evidence and the findings based upon it
- Demonstrate that the work complies with relevant ethical guidelines
- Present work, observing appropriate academic conventions in relation to style, tone, paragraphing, paraphrasing, sectioning of the text, proof-reading and referencing
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Gavin Reid
Tel: (0131 6)51 6654
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Course secretary | Ms Caroline Grevers
Tel: (0131 6 )51 1196
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