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PY4794 Joint Dissertation (30cr)

Academic year(s): 2025-2026

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 30

ECTS credits : 15

Level : SCQF level 10

Semester: Both

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 confirmed.

A dissertation on a topic agreed between the student and two appropriate members of staff (who act as supervisors). (Details, including length and other requirements, to be agreed between the two Schools, but as a guideline, Philosophy dissertations are typically no longer than 7500 words.) 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.

Relationship to other modules

Pre-requisite(s): Students must have a letter of agreement

Anti-requisite(s): Cannot take more than 30 credits in other dissertation/project modules

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: As per Letter of Agreement.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: As per Letter of Agreement.

Re-assessment: Coursework = 100%