Postgraduate Course: MSc Dissertation in Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies (PGHC11437)
Course Outline
| School | School of History, Classics and Archaeology |
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 | 60 |
ECTS Credits | 30 |
| Summary | All students will undertake a 15,000 words dissertation on a topic agreed with their supervisor, to be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations. The dissertation is an extended piece of scholarship in which a student is expected to formulate and sustain a substantive piece of research within the discipline of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies. The dissertation is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theory covered in the taught element of the degree and deploying a range of primary and secondary sources as well as appropriate data-analytic and bibliographic skills. |
| Course description |
All students will undertake a 15,000 words dissertation on a topic agreed with their supervisor, to be submitted by a date specified in the University Regulations. The dissertation is an extended piece of scholarship in which a student is expected to formulate and sustain a substantive piece of research within the discipline of Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies. The dissertation is expected to engage critically and analytically with the literature in the field, building upon relevant concepts and theory covered in the taught element of the degree and deploying a range of primary and secondary sources as well as appropriate data-analytic and bibliographic skills.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
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 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
600
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Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 9,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
579 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The dissertation will be assessed by two internal examiners and moderated by an external examiner |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Formulate and implement a plan of research.
- Formulate hypotheses relating to the student's research subject and to test them by marshalling a range of primary and secondary evidence.
- Locate an argument - whether verbal or written - within a broader intellectual context and to evaluate its implications from that more general perspective.
- Undertake a sustained independent research project, and to complete it within a strict time limit.
- Write clear, accurate, precise and concise prose.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Late Antique,Islamic,Byzantine |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Niels Gaul
Tel: (0131 6)50 3776
Email: |
Course secretary | Mr Gordon Littlejohn
Tel: (0131 6)50 3782
Email: |
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