Research dissertation
Candidates proceeding to the Diploma submit a report by the end of June.
Each student who is eligible for the Masters Degree program at the end of the taught component will conduct an individual project on an approved subject. The completed project is presented by the MSc candidates as a submitted dissertation of approximately 12000 words in late August for marking.
Projects can be created by the student in consultation with teaching staff or based around project ideas that are circulated by staff in January. Project supervision is usually provided by these staff. Some titles of recent dissertations included:
Some titles of recent dissertations included:
- Case studies on Local Sustainable Deer Management
- An analysis of landscape preferences and levels of development on the Isle of Harris
- Nutrient flows in a low input farm system
- Barriers to salmon migration in the Lunan Water
- Greenhouse gas emissions from forests
- The use of simulation models to predict greenhouse gas emissions.
- Remediation of Hydrocarbon Contaminated Soils using sewage sludge
- Investigating alternatives to mineral Phosphorus fertilisers
- Impacts of beavers reintroduction
The dissertation work and binding costs are recovered from the additional program costs.
This article was published on Dec 14, 2010