Postgraduate Course: Science and Biology of Fungi, Parasites and Prions (BIME11115)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| 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 | This course aims to provide the foundational understanding of the basic biology of fungi, parasites and prions that may cause disease in humans, and how they cause disease. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Printing own course materials |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 4 (Sem 2) |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
This course will be run via the online environment, Learn.
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| 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.
Assessment will be based on various online activities including written submissions (web forms), discussion fora and reflective review. Extensive use of selective release (requiring the student to complete one task before being permitted to proceed to the next) technologies will be made to facilitate interactive and dynamic online assignments.
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| Feedback |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand basic biology, including structure, function, genetics, and pathogenesis, of major fungal, parasite and prion agents
- Understand the principles of microbiological and clinical classification of fungi, parasites and prions
- Describe local and global epidemiology of major infectious agents and their disease associations
- Understand the importance and evolution of normal flora and quasispecies evolution
- Acquire skills in using scientific literature, critical appraisal and generation of high impact publications Understand the principles of classification of viruses
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | fungi,parasites and prions,basic biology,pathogenesis |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Ewan Macleod
Tel: 0131 242 9379
Email: |
Course secretary | Ms Marie-Therese Talensby
Tel: (0131 6)50 3780
Email: |
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