Study-Unit Description

Study-Unit Description


CODE YTH5012

 
TITLE Dissertation

 
UM LEVEL 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course

 
MQF LEVEL 7

 
ECTS CREDITS 30

 
DEPARTMENT Youth, Community and Migration Studies

 
DESCRIPTION Each course participant is allocated to a Dissertation supervisor for the independent research project. The topic of the dissertation is associated with either a core subject or a specialist subject and must be formally approved by the Department. The dissertation shall be an original work in the sense that it shall be either a record of original research or an ordered and critical expression of exiting data with regard to a particular subject approved by the Dissertation Committee. Students will be required to defend their dissertation during an oral examination.

 
ADDITIONAL NOTES **September Assessment Session: Students who fail to obtain an overall pass mark will be re-examined in the Dissertation. However, the resit availability for the Oral Examination is at the discretion of the Board of Examiners.

 
STUDY-UNIT TYPE Dissertation

 
METHOD OF ASSESSMENT
Assessment Component/s Assessment Due Sept. Asst Session Weighting
Dissertation and Oral Examination (See Add. Notes) SEM2 ** 100%

 
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