Postgraduate Course: Dissertation in Carbon Management (PGGE11128)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
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	The course allows candidates to design, plan and execute high-level research based on knowledge and skills acquired in taught course-delivered elements of the programme. It gives candidates a opportunity to undertake novel research under the supervision of at least one qualified academic member of staff. Additional academic staff and industry experts may be drawn upon as advisors to support the candidate.
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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 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 578 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Research dissertation of no more than 15,000 words presented in the format: Introduction Methods Results Discussion Conclusion References
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Learning Outcomes
1. Experience in the formulation and testing of hypotheses, data collection and analysis 2. Successful execution of a novel and well-planned independent research project under expert supervision 3. Ability to write up research findings to a standard publishable in the peer-reviewed literature 4. Experience in applying theoretical, methodological and technical knowledge acquired in other parts of the programme to research question and to make a critical analysis of existing evidence bases in the peer and non-peer reviewed literature