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Postgraduate Course: Dialogue for Science Communication and Public Engagement (BIME11085)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course is based on dialogue studies within communication scholarship: a practical discipline that has gained momentum over the last 15 years, particularly within organizational development, community engagement and conflict resolution. The communication perspective on dialogue is more of an approach rather than a methodology, a craft rather than a technique which will be explored through case studies.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Explore the principles of Dialogue and to compare and contrast Dialogue with other forms of communication
  2. Critically examine examples of Dialogic interactions and evaluate their effectiveness
  3. Develop skills and techniques for the facilitation of dialogue.
  4. Design a Dialogue Session
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.sciencecommunication.mvm.ed.ac.uk/online/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsSCPE-OLDL-DSCPE
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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