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 Postgraduate Course: Pre-Dissertation Project in Fire Safety Engineering (PGEE11036)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering | College | College of Science and Engineering |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |  
| Course type | Dissertation | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 20 | ECTS Credits | 10 |  
 
| Summary | Short research project, undertaken as a preparation for the main project leading to MSc Dissertation (except for Diploma students). |  
| Course description | Not entered |  
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Semester 2 |  Timetable | Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | Total Hours:
200
(
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 6,
 Formative Assessment Hours 1,
 Summative Assessment Hours 20,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
169 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | Assessment of the written submission (report) (80%), satisfactory progress (20%) |  
| Feedback | Supervision meetings. |  
| No Exam Information |  
Learning Outcomes 
| To enable students to do a preliminary investigation of a complex research topic. To enable students to make interim conclusions about a complex research question in a short space of time.
 To learn to identify and prioritise the key sub-topics relevant to their chosen topic of research for further detailed investigation.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Not entered |  
| Keywords | Structural and Fire Safety Engineering |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Stephen Welch Tel: (0131 6)50 5734
 Email:
 | Course secretary | Mr Craig Hovell Tel: (0131 6)51 7080
 Email:
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