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The three-month individual Research Project can cover any area of ecology and/or conservation and is undertaken under the supervision of a member of staff who is an expert in your chosen field. Many projects are also done in collaboration with an external organisation. The project provides opportunities for you to develop your abilities and skills, generate hypotheses and design ways of testing them and to analyse, report and discuss your findings. You will learn to take responsibility for implementing your own plans and modifying them as necessary. The project is written up in the style of a scientific paper manuscript or a consultancy report.
| 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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- Independent research project that can cover any area of ecology and/or conservation, and which may be field, computer, laboratory or greenhouse based;
- Enables students to develop skills that are most relevant to their personal career aspirations;
- Provides a thorough training in managing all aspects of a research project from inception to delivery of a thesis in the style of a manuscript for an international scientific journal or of a consultancy report;
- Projects can be based anywhere in the world and are often associated with current cutting-edge research by academic staff;
- Collaboration with external organisations is encouraged to enable students to gain a greater range of experience and contacts.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 90 | |
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Feedback is provided on a draft version of the project paper/report. |
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| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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Written feedback on performance from the project supervisor. |
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There are no assessments for this course.
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| Factual | Remember | ILO’s for this course are available in the course guide. |
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