Postgraduate Course: The Modern Zoo (BIME11019)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course will present the principle activities of the 'modern zoo', based around their common goals of education, conservation and research in addition to their more traditional role as visitor attractions and entertainment centres. There will be examples of how zoological collections can contribute to conservation efforts, from providing funding to in-situ projects, to education for visitors on conservation themes, to the conservation breeding of threatened species.
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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	Flexible
Course Start Date	11/04/2016
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Online Activities 25, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 53 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand the principles behind zoological collections in the 21st Century. Demonstrate awareness of the historical development and tradition of zoological collections. Engage with controversial issues, such as captivity, animal welfare in the context of conservation and the artificial protection of species. Give an example of how a zoological collection has contributed in some way to conservation, education or research.