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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Biological Sciences : Postgraduate

Postgraduate Course: Druggable Systems (PGBI11067)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
Summary**Online Distance Learning Course**

Some targets are more likely to have a successful drug developed against them than others. In next generation drug discovery, drug targets are likely to be chosen on a more rational basis. This course will introduce some targets to which successful drugs have been developed while examining the reasons why success was achieved and how these lessons might be applied to future cases.
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 Semester 2
Course Start Date 09/04/2018
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) 50% = Group Assessment (including maximum 20% variation for Peer Assessment of contribution)

50% = Electronic Portfolio (comprising of learning log and contribution to skills profile)
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. At the end of this course students should be able to: Appreciate the characteristics of successful drug targets;
  2. Understand and evaluate the structural characteristics of successful drug binding sites;
  3. Gauge the characteristics of protein's place in a pathway, or system of interacting proteins, for its likelihood to be a good drug target.
  4. Name and describe several experimental methods for validating a drug target
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsDruggable
Contacts
Course organiserDr Douglas Houston
Tel: (0131 6)50 7358
Email:
Course secretaryMrs Claire Black
Tel: (0131 6)50 8637
Email:
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