Postgraduate
study explained
Postgraduate study is
available in a variety of
forms. • help you acquire valuable new
knowledge and skills; Master’s degree (MA, MSc)
• update and develop your knowledge
in an area that builds on your
undergraduate studies or equivalent
prior experiential learning, and For a master’s degree, you will normally
complete modules equivalent to 180
credits at SCQF level 11. This will
comprise:
Taught postgraduate degrees • allow you to move into a brand
new career (in the case of our
pre-registration courses). • core specialist subject modules;
• research modules;
• optional modules and
• a dissertation or project equivalent
to 60 credits representing 600
hours of student work.
All postgraduate degrees on offer at
QMU are designed to develop the skills
of analysis, problem-solving and critical
thinking with a strong theoretical basis.
Specialist and broad-based courses are
available. Generally, our courses have
the following features:
Awards offered
• Master of Arts (MA)
• modular in structure • Master of Science (MSc)
• flexible delivery formats • Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip)
• designed for your ongoing career
and personal development • Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert)
• Professional Graduate Diploma in
Education (PGDE)
The dissertation or project can be based
around your professional work if you are
in employment.
Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip)
• dissertation may be work-based • research and theory based • Professional Doctorate (ProfDoc) • credit accumulation and transfer
within the SCOTCAT framework • Master of Research (MRes) For a postgraduate diploma you will
normally complete modules equivalent
to 120 credits at SCQF level 11. This will
comprise:
• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) •
core specialist subject modules;
• possible choice of optional modules
from across the taught
postgraduate framework •
a research module and
Structure •
optional modules.
Courses are modular in structure.
The majority of individual modules are
rated at 20 master’s (M) level academic
credit points: 20 credits is 200 hours of
learning and study. Professional Graduate Diploma in
Education (PGDE)
Many of the courses provide
opportunities for an exploration of
multi-agency and interdisciplinary issues,
drawing on leading research and the
experience of current practitioners.
The various courses on offer have
been designed to:
•
develop areas of study relevant to
a profession whether in business,
healthcare, social sciences,
education, media or the creative
industries;
Modules are rated at level 11 on the
Scottish Credit and Qualifications
Framework (SCQF).
10
For our PGDE Secondary (Home
Economics) you will normally complete
120 credits at SCQF level 10/11. These
will be gained through successful
completion of modules in: