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PA50213: Masters dissertation

Academic Year: 2018/9
Owning Department/School: Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
Credits: 24      [equivalent to 48 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 480
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Modular (no specific semester)
Assessment Summary: CW 30%, DS 70%
Assessment Detail:
  • Trust Report (CW 30% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
  • Dissertation (DS 70% - Qualifying Mark: 40)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take PA50198
Description: Aims:
To enable students to conduct a piece of independent research and to present their findings as a dissertation.

Learning Outcomes:
After completion of the dissertation the student will be able to:
1. Design a piece of independent study (knowledge and understanding, professional practical skill).
2. Follow the process for obtaining ethical approval for research work (professional practical skill).
3. Collect data using appropriate tools and methodologies (knowledge and understanding).
4. Critically analyse data and draw appropriate conclusions / recommendations from these data (intellectual skill).
5. Critically evaluate the literature associated with a given research topic (intellectual skill).
6. Present information in an appropriate format (personal transferable skill).

Skills:

* Planning & organisation (Taught / Facilitated)
* Handling information (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed)
* Written and verbal communication (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed)
* Working with others (Taught / Facilitated)
* Scientific & practical skills (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed)
* Problem solving (Taught / Facilitated /Assessed).

Content:
The student will undertake a piece of work which will entail the following stages:
* Project Design
* Ethics Committee Approval
* Instrument/experimental design and piloting
* Data Collection
* Data Analysis
* Preparation of Conclusions
* Presentation of completed dissertation.
Programme availability:

PA50213 is Compulsory on the following programmes:

Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology

Notes:

  • This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2018/19 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2019/20 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2018/19.
  • Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
  • Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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