Undergraduate Course: Dissertation (MA Social Policy) (SCPL10012)
Course Outline
| School | School of Social and Political Science | 
College | College of Humanities and Social Science | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Dissertation | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 40 | 
ECTS Credits | 20 | 
 
 
| Summary | Dissertation on a Social Policy topic of the students choice | 
 
| Course description | 
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Full Year | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
400
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 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
382 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
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| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Demonstrate detailed knowledge in relation to an area of social policy
 - Conceptualise, plan and carry out an agreed project
 - Search, synthesise and critically review existing scholarship in a field of study
 - Identify, obtain and systematically analyse data and/or existing research evidence relevant to answering a specific research question
 - Identify the implications of research findings for theory, policy and/or practice
 
     
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Mr Richard Parry 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3918 
Email: Richard.Parry@ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Amy Wilson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 8253 
Email: Amy.Wilson@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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