LN5905: DISSERTATION IN PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION (2023-2024)

Last modified: 05 Oct 2023 08:46

Course Overview

This course requires students to prepare a 12,000 word dissertation. By the end of the course students will have learned how to understand, synthesize and present data in an intelligent and intelligible fashion. Through guidance and supervision they will develop their academic writing skills in order to write and present an extended dissertation on a topic relevant to the course.

Course Details

Study Type	Postgraduate	Level	5
Term	Third Term	Credit Points	60 credits (30 ECTS credits)
Campus	Aberdeen	Sustained Study	No
Co-ordinators	Dr Tania Fahey Palma

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

Either Master of Science Professional Communication or Master Of Science In Global Business Communication

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

Course Description

During this course, students will develop and conduct their own research on a topic in Professional Communication using the methods, knowledge and understanding developed in the rest of the course. Students will prepare a 12, 000 word dissertation under supervision from a member of the linguistics staff, and they will be encouraged to develop, analyse and discuss their own data sets.

Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

More Information about Week Numbers

Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type	Summative	Weighting	100
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Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Conceptual	Understand	Understand research processes and their application to analysis of an institutional context.
Procedural	Analyse	Ability to analyse scholarly literature and address gaps in research.
Procedural	Apply	Ability to apply relevant methodology to research, specifically to apply the best analytical model and theoretical approach to research area chosen data set.
Procedural	Create	Ability to structure and present coherent, critical argument and contribute to the creation of new knowledge through research.
Procedural	Evaluate	Ability to gather data and to consider ethical implications, correct data collection procedures and evaluate the relevance of data collected for analysis.
Reflection	Understand	Critical Thinking skills and the development of in depth knowledge of research practices and cutting edge processes.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge Level	Thinking Skill	Outcome
Conceptual	Understand	Understand research processes and their application to analysis of an institutional context.
Reflection	Understand	Critical Thinking skills and the development of in depth knowledge of research practices and cutting edge processes.
Procedural	Apply	Ability to apply relevant methodology to research, specifically to apply the best analytical model and theoretical approach to research area chosen data set.
Procedural	Analyse	Ability to analyse scholarly literature and address gaps in research.
Procedural	Evaluate	Ability to gather data and to consider ethical implications, correct data collection procedures and evaluate the relevance of data collected for analysis.
Procedural	Create	Ability to structure and present coherent, critical argument and contribute to the creation of new knowledge through research.