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HE4506: DISSERTATION FOR BSC HEALTH SCIENCE: HEALTH SERVICE RESEARCH (2014-2015)

Last modified: 28 Jun 2018 10:27


Course Overview

The project allows the student to carry out an independent piece of research.

The student will develop generic skills in time management; writing long documents; oral presentations and independent working. The student will develop subject specific research skills depending on the project. This could involve quantitative or qualitative data collection, systematic review methodology or data analyses.

Students choose the project topic. Content is dependent on the type of project undertaken - it could range from a survey of knowledge about skin cancer in outdoor workers to a literature review on the effectiveness of behavioral change on skin cancer incidence.

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 4
Term Second Term Credit Points 60 credits (30 ECTS credits)
Campus None. Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Fiona Marshall

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

None.

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?

No

Course Description

Students choose the project they want to do and are usually involved in developing the research question. The content of the course is dependent on the type of project undertaken e.g it could range from assessing the characteristics of smoking and non-smoking pregnant women (by questionnaire) to assess reasons why some women continue to smoke in pregnancy, to a literature review on incentive schemes to reduce smoking in pregnancy. The type of project undertaken dictates the methods used and the anaylses carried out.

Further Information & Notes

This course is taught at Foresterhill.

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

1st Attempt: Students are expected to produce a bound thesis of 8000-10000 words (90% mark). Students give an oral presentation on their project (10% mark). Resit: Resubmission of thesis of 8000-10000 words (10% mark).

Formative Assessment

Although the oral presentation is summative, it acts as a formative assessment for the thesis as members of the audience may pick up issues which the student has not thought of. Such issues can then be rectified before the thesis is submitted.

Feedback

Individual, written feedback on the thesis and oral presentation is given to each student.

Course Learning Outcomes

None.
 

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