Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 10:43
The aim of the Sustainability Project is to enable students to produce an independent and original piece of work that demonstrates advanced knowledge in a chosen aspect of sustainability transitions. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to identify, define and develop appropriate research questions, and collect and analyse qualitative and quantitative data to address specific research aims using a range of standard and specialised techniques of enquiry.
| 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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In this course each student will be expected to produce an independent and original piece of research – either in the form of a conventional dissertation or in the form of a project report based on a project placement with one of our partner organisations/institutions (subject to availability). The contents of each dissertation/project report will be determined by the nature of the selected topic. While dissertation topics will be selected directly by students, project placements are developed by host organisations. In each case students will be expected to conduct a literature review, demonstrate a theoretical and conceptual understanding of the subject matter, identify and adopt appropriate methods for the chosen topic, and collect and interpret a sufficient amount of primary data to answer research questions. Specifications and requirements for dissertations and project reports will differ, although they will be the same in terms of difficulty and the required workload. Each project will be overseen by an academic supervisor from the beginning to the submission deadline. Each project placement will also have a host in addition to the academic supervisor.
The main overarching aim of each dissertation/project report will be to address a real-world sustainability issue and produce a piece of work that contributes to our understanding of this issue and proposes policies and solutions how this issue should be addressed. In this respect the course will be an opportunity for each student to focus on an aspect of sustainability transitions that interests them the most and that they would like to enquire into more deeply – either for purely academic reasons or because of their future career plans.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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Students will receive full feedback on assignments, with written comments on standarised feedback sheets. Verbal feedback will be available from markers on request. |
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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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