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PIR, Year 4 Selecting your Courses

PIR, Year 4 Selecting your Courses. Dr Elizabeth Bomberg (Deputy Head, PIR) e.bomberg@ed.ac.uk Dr Andrea Birdsall & Dr Claire Duncanson (Directors of UG Teaching) dugt@ed.ac.uk

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PIR, Year 4 Selecting your Courses

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  1. PIR, Year 4Selecting your Courses Dr Elizabeth Bomberg (Deputy Head, PIR) e.bomberg@ed.ac.uk Dr Andrea Birdsall & Dr Claire Duncanson (Directors of UG Teaching) dugt@ed.ac.uk Note: these slides are intended to help you choose next year’s courses. The registration process information and forms will be available here in June 2014: http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/undergrad/on_course_students/course_registration_for_continuing_students

  2. SINGLE HONOURS – Pol and IR Semester 1 Semester 2 Dissertation OPTION OPTION • Dissertation • OPTION • OPTION

  3. COMBINED HONOURSrequirements will depend on your subject - CHECK DRPS!!!!http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/14-15/dpt/cx_colhss.htm Semester 1 Semester 2 Dissertation – PIR OR other subject (NB Languages can choose to do both) Other subject course OPTION • Dissertation – PIR OR other subject (NB Languages can choose to do both) • Other subject course • OPTION

  4. Optional Courses • Check PIR options on PIR and DRPS pages • New PIR courses in 2014-15: • Democracy and its Discontents • Egyptian Politics • International Politics of Money • Political Work • Referendums in Comparative Perspective • These and other honours options from within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences are described here: http://www.drps.ed.ac.uk/14-15/dpt/cx_colhss.htm

  5. Dissertation • What is a dissertation? • How is it assessed? • What do I need to do now and over the summer? • Make sure you register for the right dissertation • Start thinking about topics, research questions, methodologies • Look on LEARN now, and in September for handbook and topic submission form – ‘Dissertation Preparation’ page

  6. Leadership Roles and Opportunities • PIR PALS - http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/getinvolved/peer-support/ • PIR SOC - https://www.facebook.com/eupolsoc • EU SOC - https://www.facebook.com/EUSocietyEdinburgh • HEAR – Higher Education Achievement Record http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/student-administration/other-info/hear • Edinburgh Award - http://www.employability.ed.ac.uk/Student/EdinburghAward/ • PRIZES • D P Heatley Prize in Politics and IR - most distinguished student in Honours classes in PIR • Russell Keat Prize for the best dissertation in PIR

  7. Questions? You can ask your PT, or contact the Undergraduate Teaching office (politics@ed.ac.uk) Or contact the Directors of Undergraduate Teaching, Andrea Birdsall or Claire Duncanson at: dugt@ed.ac.uk

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