MT4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr)
Academic year
2024 to 2025 Full Year
Curricular information may be subject to change
Further information on which modules are specific to your programme.
Key module information
SCOTCAT credits
30
SCQF level
SCQF level 10
Availability restrictions
Available only to students in the Second year of the Honours Programme, who have completed the Letter of Agreement, downloadable from https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/coursecatalogue). No student may do more than 60 credits in Dissertation or Project modules.
Planned timetable
To be arranged.
Module Staff
Team Taught
Module description
The dissertation must consist of approximately 6,000 words of English prose on a topic agreed between the student and two appropriate members of staff (who act as supervisors). The topic does not have to relate to work covered in previous Honours modules, though it may be helpful to the student if it builds on previous work. The topic and range of sources should be chosen in consultation with the supervisors in order to determine that the student has access to sources as well as a clear plan of preparation. (Guidelines for printing and binding dissertations can be found at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/printanddesign/dissertation/)
Relationship to other modules
Pre-requisites
THE STUDENT REQUIRES A LETTER OF AGREEMENT
Anti-requisites
CANNOT TAKE MORE THAN 30 CREDITS IN OTHER DISSERTATION/PROJECT MODULES
Assessment pattern
As per Letter of Agreement.
Re-assessment
As per Letter of Agreement.
Learning and teaching methods and delivery
Weekly contact
As per Letter of Agreement.
Intended learning outcomes
- Demonstrate understanding of the key mathematical or statistical concepts and methods, and also how they interact with the other relevant discipline(s) in the chosen interdisciplinary area of their project
- Achieve a good balance between mathematical/statistical content and that of the other relevant area of the project
- Understand the significance of their subject matter, the interplay between mathematics/statistics and the other interdisciplinary area within it, and its links with any other areas
- Use effectively a variety of literature sources in their investigations and writing
- Present their findings coherently in the written form
- Present their key findings in the form of a short oral presentation
Additional information from school
See also the guidelines within the general BSc/MA Honours project handbook for MT students, available at https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/maths/current/ug/information/projects/