Last modified: 25 Sep 2019 09:58
The dissertation is an independent piece of work on an offshore engineering topic. The students are encouraged to focus their dissertation on a problem confronting the offshore industry, and demonstrate how the design, operational fundamentals and skills they have learned during the taught programme can be put into practice to provide solutions towards addressing the problem. The dissertation should contain a degree of original work and demonstrate in-depth knowledge and application of concepts acquired throughout the MSc programme.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 1 |
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| Term | Third Term | Credit Points | 60 credits (30 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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This course aims to permit students to undertake a piece of supervised academic research; to demonstrate critical thinking within a selected research subject; to collect, manage and/or interpret data from a variety of sources; to prepare written documentation in a scientific manner appropriate for peer-reviewed publications.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | 3 | Feedback Weeks | 11 | |
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During the supervision period, students receive feedback via meeting/discussions with the project supervisor. After the project has been assessed, students will receive written feedback on their performance from their project supervisor. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Reflection | Evaluate | Have knowledge and understanding of the design and technical issues of the topic involved |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Have knowledge and understanding of the research processes and research methodology selected |
| Reflection | Analyse | Have knowledge and understanding of the applicability and application of results into work based situations |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Have gained intellectual skills so that they are able to interpret experimental data and present results in a meaningful way |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Have gained intellectual skills so that they are able to critically discuss results and compare with others |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Have gained intellectual skills so that they are able to assess reliability of data and its significance |
| Procedural | Create | Have gained intellectual skills so that they are able to apply knowledge gained from earlier courses in carrying out project work |
| Conceptual | Create | Have gained practical skills so that they are able to apply new Offshore engineering design methods to the students work |
| Reflection | Evaluate | Have gained practical skills so that they are able to evaluate a range of different solutions to sharing project data |
| Reflection | Analyse | Have gained practical skills so that they are able to obtain reliable data in the form demanded by the project |
| Reflection | Apply | Have gained practical skills so that they are able to write concise reports in English |
| Reflection | Apply | Have gained practical skills so that they are able to use a variety of IT skills which they use to enhance their project |
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