Postgraduate Course: Current topics in animal biosciences (VESC11010)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course aims to provide knowledge and laboratory skills in areas of animal sciences with current and immediate relevance. The area to be covered will be chosen from fields of expertise and international eminence at the Roslin Institute, which include developmental biology, embryology and reproduction, stem cells and transgenesis, infection and immunity, neurodegenerative disease, avian model systems. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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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 | Covered by mandatory Additional Programme Costs |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Completed degree at Bachelor level in biological sciences or other relevant discipline |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 15,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 50,
External Visit Hours 4,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 3,
Formative Assessment Hours 3,
Summative Assessment Hours 5,
Revision Session Hours 5,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
10 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Written assignment(s) 75%
Assessment of practical skills 25%
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| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- the candidate should have specialised knowledge and experience in the chosen areas of animal biosciences;
- be familiar with a currently relevant area of animal biosciences which will be determined each year by the course organiser;
- have experience of relevant laboratory techniques;
- understand how this knowledge might be used in industry;
- understand the ethical issues raised by the field studied.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kim Summers
Tel: 0131 527 4200
Email: |
Course secretary | Miss Isabel Lavers
Tel: (0131) 242 6480
Email: |
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