Postgraduate Course: Biologics and Protein Design (PGBI11091)

Course Outline
School	School of Biological Sciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Online Distance Learning Course There is a massive growth in the use of proteins as therapeutic drugs. This course will cover the design and potential uses of different families of proteins.
Course description	1 Introduction. To the problem. Priming students on main problem to be assessed and guidance to the on-line modules that will prepare them for it. 2 Virtual Classroom. Introduction to sub-problem. 3&4 Submission of sub-problem, Virtual Classroom. Feed forward to the main problem. 5 Virtual Classroom. Submission of main problem.

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

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
¿ A knowledge of different kind of biologics used therapeutically; ¿ an appreciation of the demands for purity, characterisation and quality control, and how to achieve them; and ¿ a critical understanding of the principles and limitations of rational design of biologics.