Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc Accounting and Finance) (CMSE11058)
Course Outline
| School | Business School | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Course type | Dissertation | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
Credits | 60 | 
 
| Home subject area | Common Courses (Management School) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | A dissertation of approximately 15,000 words will be undertaken during the summer on a topic of current interest to the accounting, finance and investment community. Various types of dissertation are acceptable. A dissertation may be subject review, a theoretical essay, a numerical project, a data-based project or a software project. Examples of the aims of the dissertation are:  
- to give the student the opportunity to practice and gain confidence in the use of skills which s/he has acquired in the preceding courses 
- Provide an opportunity to study a particular topic in depth 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Block 5 (sem 2), Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
After completing the dissertation the student will be able to: 
*	plan and conduct a substantial piece of research over a protracted period; 
*         synthesise, critically evaluate and analyse a body of literature;  
*	choose and use correctly an appropriate research methodology to approach a research problem; 
*	structure and logically construct a report on a piece of research. 
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Assessment Information 
| A dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in length. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
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Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Maria Michou 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8341 
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Course secretary | Ms Claire Local 
Tel: 0131 650 3475 
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