MSc Financial Crime and Compliance in Digital Societies (top-up) (blended learning)

The programme has a mandatory dissertation component (60 credits) made up of three optional pathways. This unit specification covers Option A, the long dissertation:

- OPTION A (Long Dissertation):

Students keen to complete a more traditional dissertation may opt to undertake original empirical research and submit a 10000-12000 word dissertation. Students can use their research proposal developed in Unit 3 for their dissertation. Each student will receive one-to-one supervision from an appropriate academic. This option requires approval from the Programme Director.

CRIM71000 FCC Online Condition

Online supervision

Student will be able to: Critically engage, in depth, with a particular area of financial crime compliance and demonstrate deep understanding of the state of the art.

Student will be able to identify gaps in the literature, generate research questions, and design and implement a research strategy for undertaking corresponding research into financial crime related phenomena.

Students will be able to apply financial crime theories and concepts to concrete research.

Student will be able to manage and coordinate research projects, individually and/or as part of a research team, and apply research skills in practice.

Submission of a long diseertation - 10,000 - 12,000 words (worth 100%).  Through individual supervision meetings with allocated academic and final written feedback.

Dependent on research area.  

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