Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (MSc Marketing) (CMSE11137)

Course Outline
School	Business School	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	60	ECTS Credits	30
Summary	The student will conduct a piece of original research over the summer block normally on a marketing related topic. Various types of dissertation are acceptable. A dissertation may be a critical review of theoretical material or a piece of empirical research or both. Examples of the aims of the dissertation are: to give the student the opportunity to practise and gain confidence in the use of skills which s/he has acquired in the preceding courses; to provide an opportunity to study a particular topic in depth.
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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 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 585 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	A dissertation of approximately 15,000 words in length.
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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.