Undergraduate Course: The Animal Body (2) (BVMS08039)

Course Outline
School	Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	50	ECTS Credits	25
Summary	Animal Body 2: Pathobiology of the Animal Body basic mechanisms of molecular & cellular pathology, immunology, inflammation and repair; general biology of pathogens including bacteria, viruses and parasites. Host response to infection is covered.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 500 ( Lecture Hours 95, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 104, Summative Assessment Hours 7, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 10, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 273 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Examination - 80% of marks In-course assessment: 20% of marks
Feedback	Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)	Spot paper		1:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets June	Interpretation paper.		1:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets June	Essay Paper		2:00
Outwith Standard Exam Diets June	Shorts paper		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Essay Paper		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Shorts paper		2:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Spot paper		1:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Interpretation paper		1:00

Learning Outcomes
Relating to AB 2 students should be able to: Describe and comprehend the important features and mechanisms of pathological processes and understand how these produce disease and clinical signs; Define and use specialist terminology applied to infectious diseases and their control; Comprehend the environmental, pathogen and host factors involved in the transmission, persistence, consequences and control of infection; Describe the pathogenic processes at cellular and molecular levels of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases of animals, including zoonoses; Correlate causal organisms and mechanisms with resultant pathological alterations, lesions and clinical disease;