Postgraduate Course: Dissertation in Carbon Management (online) (PGGE11218)

Course Outline
School	School of Geosciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	40	ECTS Credits	20
Summary	This course translates the dissertation element of conventional MSc programmes for online provision. It constitutes a core course for the online PG Certificate in Applied Carbon Methods.
Course description	The University defines the dissertation as an extended piece of scholarship in which students have the opportunity to study in some depth a topic (largely) of their own choosing. In practice, the subject will be chosen iteratively on the basis of students' own interests, what relevant staff are able to supervise, and what is feasible given the literature and time available. The dissertation should be distinct from earlier assessed work by the greater depth of comprehension and criticism demonstrated. Equally, students are not expected to undertake the exhaustive scale of literature review or empirical work typical of a research degree. The dissertation may vary in the breadth of coverage. Since the time available for this work is short, it is not expected that the dissertation should report notable or original contributions to knowledge. The point is that it must have a clear focus with definable objectives and boundaries, achievable in the time and word length available.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation (Online) (PGGE11189) AND Climate Change Mitigation (online) (PGGE11207) AND Climate Change & Corporate Responsibility (online) (PGGE11213) AND Carbon Economics (online) (PGGE11219) AND Climate Change Measurement (online) (PGGE11220) AND Energy & Climate (online) (PGGE11216) AND Applied Carbon Methods (online) (PGGE11217)	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: 400 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 392 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	- 100% Dissertation
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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Identify and reflect critically on relevant up-to-date literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to the research process chosen Collect and analyse evidence, justifying the approaches and techniques used, and identifying the implications of these decisions Critically examine the contribution and limitations of the study undertaken in theoretical and applied terms Present work which engages appropriately with academic conventions in relation to style, tone, structuring and referencing