Department: MSc Sustainable Design in the Built Environment
Module Description: This module concentrates on the development, design and completion of student research dissertation as a partial fulfilment of master’s requirement. Dissertations are intended to give students an opportunity to focus on an aspect of sustainability and to investigate it in more detail; the topic will have to be pre-approved by the Programme Coordinator or potential Supervisor This will help them develop skill as independent researchers. Students will also learn some of the techniques needed to conduct research and develop knowledge in the subject area of the programme of study.
There is no specific text for this module. The student is expected to read some items from the suggested reading list below as well as seek other sources that are relevant to the dissertation.
Groat, L. and Wang, D. Architectural Research Methods. 2nd edition. John Wiley, 2022. 1st edition
Gruba, P and Zobel, J. How to Write Your First Thesis. Springer, 2017.
Lovei, G. Writing and Publishing Scientific Papers. Open Book Publishers, 2021.
