Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (IMFSE) (PGEE11160)

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	60	ECTS Credits	30
Summary	Research dissertation for the European Masters in Fire Safety Engineering.
Course description	Research dissertation for the European Masters in Fire Safety Engineering.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

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: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 15, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 60, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 512 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Coursework %: 100
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Students will apply the knowledge gained from the taught courses to an intellectually demanding research topic of their choice (selected from the choices made available to them); They will carry out the research either independently or in small groups (with supervision); They will learn to use research resources (library, internet, advanced engineering computational software) imaginatively to produce meaningful answers to the questions posed in their chosen research; They will also learn the necessary presentational skills required for demanding research projects in producing their dissertation.