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Postgraduate Course: Science Communication and Public Engagement Practical Project (BIME11052)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits60 ECTS Credits30
SummaryScience Communication and Public Engagement practical project (developing, delivering, evaluating and reflecting on a Science Communication and Public Engagement activity). The projects will draw on the aggregated learning outcomes of the course modules to enable to students to develop, with supervision, a science communication activity which they will deliver and evaluate. The dissertation will be a reflective analysis of the process of developing delivering and evaluating the activity, drawing on relevant literature.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 25, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 20, Formative Assessment Hours 5, Summative Assessment Hours 100, Other Study Hours 350, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Placement Study Abroad Hours 100, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 0 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) * Design, delivery and evaluation of a public engagement activity. (40%)
* A dissertation of 6,000 words. (60%)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate ability in the design and delivery of a science communication/ public engagement activity
  2. Demonstrate ability to design an effective evaluation strategy
  3. Demonstrate evidence of reflexive and reflective practice
  4. Demonstrate an informed reflection (supported by the literature) on the process of design delivery and evaluation of the public engagement activity
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.sciencecommunication.mvm.ed.ac.uk/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsSCPE,PractProject
Contacts
Course organiserDr Elizabeth Stevenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3258
Email:
Course secretaryMs Marie-Therese Rafferty
Tel: (0131 6)50 3160
Email:
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