MOS8099 : Oral Sciences Dissertation (Inactive)
- Inactive for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Dr Christopher Nile
- Owning School: Dental Sciences
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| Semester 3 Credit Value: | 50 |
| ECTS Credits: | 30.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
The aims of this module are to:
1. Enable students to become confident in their ability to carry out and manage an independent piece of meaningful research.
2. Facilitate the development of a range of laboratory skills which will make them more attractive to future employers or provide vital skills for entry into a PhD programme.
3. Facilitate the development of skills aligned to the communication of science to a range of audiences, including written and verbal, which will make them more attractive to future employers, or provide vital skills for entry into a PhD program.
4. To provide experience in working as part of a research team, interacting with various colleagues to ensure successful delivery of research.
Outline Of Syllabus
The Syllabus is dependent upon the individual student’s dissertation topic.
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | Lecture introducing the dissertation & overview of the module requirements. |
| Guided Independent Study | Project work | 1 | 584:00 | 584:00 | Independent project research, data analysis, writing of dissertation, preparing and undertaking presentation. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Dissertation/project related supervision | 15 | 1:00 | 15:00 | Regular meetings with project supervisors to discuss research data and monitor write up in lab book. To be recorded on NuReflect. |
| Total | 600:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
The students will further develop a range of skills and will be trained to engage in research and to produce an appropriate output. Students will be fully engaged in the project selection and development through a dialogue with their project supervisors. They will gain hands-on experience of a range of research techniques (appropriate to their own project). This module will involve a significant amount of private study, involving literature searches, conducting experiments and data analysis and preparing both written and verbal reports for assessment. However, they will be guided by a designated project supervisory team who will hold regular formal and informal meetings with the student. The number of hours spent on data gathering and private study will vary with the individual project but should be approximately as stated in the teaching activities section.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dissertation | 3 | M | 80 | A research report of up to 10,000 words excluding bibliography |
| Oral Presentation | 3 | M | 20 | A 10 minute (+ 5minutes questions) oral presentation summarizing the research project and its findings. |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The dissertation is intended to test the ability of students to conduct a substantial independent research project. It allows them to demonstrate their skills in planning and organising their work, discovering and evaluating relevant materials, considering ethical issues, collecting data rigorously, ethically and effectively and presenting their findings in a structured and analytical manner. It also allows them to demonstrate that they have acquired specialised knowledge in their area of research. The dissertation and oral presentation will provide experience in communicating science to various audiences in different formats.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- MOS8099's Timetable