Undergraduate Course: The Animal Body (2) (BVMS08053)

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	40	ECTS Credits	20
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

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: 400 ( 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 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 175 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	tbc
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Outwith Standard Exam Diets May	Short question Paper		1:30
Outwith Standard Exam Diets May	Analysis and interpretation paper		1:30
Outwith Standard Exam Diets May	MCQ paper (online spot)		1:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Short question paper		1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)	Analysis and interpretation paper		1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)	MCQ paper (online spot)		1:00

Learning Outcomes
Relating to AB2, 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 specailist 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 teh 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.