Postgraduate Course: An Introduction of Project Cycle Management (BIME11035)

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 describes the project cycle and use of planning tools such as log frames; monitoring and evaluation approaches; capacity assessments and stakeholder analysis. We thoroughly recommend any students wishing to complete the 'Project Cycle Management and Funding Application Preparation' course in their final year to select this elective.
Course description	Not entered

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

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Course Start Date	26/02/2018
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
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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No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand the need for and the application of basic tools used in project and programme management including 'Results Chains' and Logical Frameworks, especially where overseas development aid is being used. Read, interpret and have an understanding of the application of the DFID approach to log frames and how these requirements feed through into the articulation of baselines, project/programme monitoring and evaluation and longer term impact assessment.