Undergraduate Course: Dissertation Preparation Abroad (LASC10060)

Course Outline
School	School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	This course is intended for students who spend a year abroad and who opt to write a dissertation for Linguistics and English Language.
Course description	Field or library research on an approved topic, in preparation for the writing of a dissertation in the fourth year. The dissertation topic is not confirmed, nor a supervisor assigned, until the end of a student's third year of study.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites	Students MUST also take: Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language with dissertation (LASC10099)
Prohibited Combinations	Students MUST NOT also be taking Third-year Project in Language Sciences (LASC10059) OR Year Abroad Work for Degrees in Modern European Languages and Linguistics or English Language (LASC10073)	Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Lecture Hours 8, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 188 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% dissertation (written in the fourth year of study)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to: - demonstrate advanced mastery of general and subject-specific skills, knowledge and understanding of language sciences at an appropriate level; - demonstrate the ability to plan, design and/or execute an original piece of research, to succinctly report results within an appropriate theoretical framework, and to relate results to the existing literature and the field as a whole.