Postgraduate Course: MSc Human Anatomy Dissertation (BIME11042)

Course Outline
School	Edinburgh Medical School	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
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	Students studying for the Masters qualification will carry out: Either a Library dissertation on a topic related to the course eg, teaching methods, historical or legal aspects OR an anatomical, morphological or surgical-related, laboratory research project and dissertation
Course description	Not entered

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

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2025/26, 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 13, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1, Other Study Hours 14, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 560 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	Not on line distance learning
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	A 10,000 word Dissertation (80%) An oral presentation (20%)
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Specify a topic of enquiry suitable for a dissertation and justify its theoretical significance, professional relevance and practical feasibility Identify and reflect critically on relevant literature, research reports and other scholarly evidence with specific reference to the research process used Collect and analyse evidence, justifying the approaches used and identify the implications of these decisions in terms of the status of the evidence and the findings based upon it Demonstrate that the work complies with relevant ethical guidelines Present their work, observing appropriate academic conventions in relation to style, tone, paragraphing, paraphrasing, sectioning of the text, proof-reading and referencing.