Key Information

Course Level: Level 1 
Duration: Approximately 3 hours 
Format: Self-paced online Blackboard course

This course provides you with some strategies to support the planning, preparation and production of your dissertation. It includes advice from supervisors at Imperial College London; shares and analyses successful dissertations as examples of best practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this course you will be able to: 

  • Create a structure for your dissertation 
  • Employ planning strategies to become a more effective writer 
  • Use writing strategies to become a more effective writer 
  • Assess your dissertation


Course Information

To complete the course, you are required to achieve a threshold level of understanding which will be tested through a final exam. Instructions on how to receive a certificate as proof of completion can be found in the course in the section ‘Course Info.’

Please follow the instructions  to self-enrol onto the course MasterClass: Preparing your Dissertation (all academic years)‌.