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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : Microbiology and Infection (Biomedical Sciences)

Undergraduate Course: Infectious Diseases Project (MIBM10041)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryA laboratory, literature or data handling research project in a topic of infectious disease. Presentation of research findings is a feature of this project.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Medical Microbiology 3 (BIME09002) AND Biomedical Sciences 3 (BIME09008) AND ( Immunology 3 (BILG09007) OR Clinical Immunology & Haematology 3A (MSBM09005))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Only open to students on the BSc Biomedical Sciences (Infectious Diseases) programme
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 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 10, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 379 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 88 %, Practical Exam 12 %
Additional Information (Assessment) ICA Research project report (87.5%)
ICA Presentation of research project (12.5%)
Feedback Feedback will be provided for both assessments.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Learn and apply research techniques to a topic in infectious disease
  2. Experimental design and data handling skills
  3. Critically appraise scientific literature
  4. Plan and structure a research report
  5. Enhance teamwork, communication and presentational skills
Reading List
The following books are recommended as background reading and general reference texts for the Infectious Diseases honours programme:

Mims CA, Nash A & Stephen J (2001). Mims' pathogenesis of infectious disease, 5th edn, Elsevier. ISBN: 9780124982642

Goering R, Dockrell H, Zuckerman M, Roitt I & Chiodini P (2012). Mims' medical microbiology, 5th edn, Saunders. ISBN: 9780723436010

Murray PR, Rosenthal KS & Pfaller MA (2009). Medical microbiology 7th edn, Mosby Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323086929

Thomson C, Miles R & Amyes SBG (1996). Antimicrobial chemotherapy, Informa. ISBN: 9781853173899

Salyers AA, Wilson BA, Whitt DD & Winkler ME (2010). Bacterial pathogenesis: a molecular approach, 3rd edn, ASM press. ISBN: 9781555814182

Flint SJ, Enquist LW, Krug RM, Racaniello VR & Skalka AM (2009). Principles of virology, 3rd edn, vol 1 Molecular biology ISBN: 9781555814793, vol 2 Pathogenesis and control IBN: 9781555814809, ASM press

Murphy K (2011). Janeway's immunobiology, 8th edn, Garland Science. ISBN:9780815342434

You are expected to be familiar with material covered in previous years; make sure you read your relevant lecture notes from previous years to refresh your memory.
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsInfectious disease, research project
Contacts
Course organiserDr Douglas Roy
Tel: (0131) 242 6279
Email: 		Course secretaryMs Tracy Noden
Tel: (0131 6)50 3717
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