Last modified: 30 Aug 2024 12:16
The aim of this module is to enable students to put their specialist skills, knowledge, and understanding into practice through the medium of a significant individual research project and written dissertation.
The student will select, undertake, and complete a research-based dissertation project. In choosing and approving a suitable topic in the fields of water resources management, consideration will be given to the student's background and skills, their career interests, suitable data availability, and the possibility of an external placement when available.
This module represents the major individual research project that students must complete as part of the MSc Sustainable Water Management degree.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 60 credits (30 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This module builds directly on the skills and knowledge acquired in the core courses of the MSc Sustainable Water Management. In completing their dissertation, students will be expected to demonstrate that they can conduct advanced literature reviews situating their research question in the wider context of water resources management both from the theoretical and the methodological perspectives. All students will receive staff supervision in identifying a suitable topic and in completing an original research project.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 85 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 5 | Feedback Weeks | 9 | |
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The students will submit a complete dissertation paper/report building on the dissertation design submitted in week 46. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 15 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 46 | Feedback Weeks | 48 | |
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Students will submit a 3,000-word draft dissertation plan containing:
This exercise will serve as an initial point of engagement between students and supervisors, and it will allow steering the dissertation projects in their early stages of development. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the scientific and technical principles underlying a specific area of sustainable water management |
| Procedural | Create | Apply sustainable water management principles and practices to design solutions to solve real-world problems |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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The students will resubmit the dissertation paper/report incorporating all the corrections requested/suggested during the marking process of the original submission. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Analyse | Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the scientific and technical principles underlying a specific area of sustainable water management |
| Procedural | Create | Apply sustainable water management principles and practices to design solutions to solve real-world problems |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Critically evaluate proposed solutions to a real-world problem and demonstrate their practicality and effectiveness |
| Procedural | Create | Develop effective communication and scientific writing skills by means of a professional, appropriately referenced and argued research article |
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