Postgraduate Course: Literature Review in the MSc by Research in the Biomedical Sciences (LISC11083)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Life Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | For students unable to progress with the MSc and in order to exit from the programme with a Diploma award (120 credits) a literature review will be required to be undertaken (40 credits). For this assignment, the student will be required to review the literature on a subject clearly defined by the programme director and the course supervisor in the research area chosen. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Reviewing scientific literature is an exercise in which the student reports the current understanding of an area based on previously published data. This exercise requires careful, critical, and comprehensive analysis of the literature, so that the student can compile a synthesis of the published information |
Assessment Information
| The review should be no longer than 5000 words (not including references), be appropriately referenced, and in the format of a review for ¿Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology¿. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
The literature researched will be determined by the topic to be covered in the literature review. |
| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
Full-time study focussed on preparation of 5000 word in-depth literature review. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Margarete Heck
Tel: 0131 242 6694
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Course secretary | Mrs Marie Manson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289
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