Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (Entrepreneurship and Innovation) (CMSE11307)

Course Outline
School	Business School	College	College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
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	The Dissertation is a core component of the MSc in Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Course description	The dissertation requires the student to conduct a piece of original research over the summer block on an entrepreneurship/innovation related topic.

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

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, 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 5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 583 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Each student is required to produce and submit a dissertation which is approximately 15,000 words in length, which is submitted at the end of the academic year.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Study in depth a topic within the field of business studies. Plan, design, execute and report a significant piece of individual research. Apply the processes involved in research, such as obtaining information from people, securing their co-operation, analysing and evaluating data, framing recommendations, and other methods of field study and data collection. Communicate, via a report, complex ideas and information in a coherent and structured manner.