Postgraduate Course: Applications of Synthetic Biology (PGBI11094)

Course Outline
School	School of Biological Sciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Applications of Synthetic Biology will provide examples of research which has applied synthetic biology tools or techniques to a particular problem. The course will seek to teach students the theory behind the applications; encouraging understanding, which will allow new uses and application in alternative areas to become apparent.
Course description	Lecture Subjects 1 Synthetic life. Elise Cachat (SBS) 2 Biofuels and bioenergy. Chris French (SBS) 3 Engineering photosynthesis. Alistair McCormick (SBS) 4 Bioremediation. Elise Cachat (SBS) 5 Biological architecture. Naomi Nakayama (SBS) 6 Global health applications. Garry Blakely (SBS) 7 Assessment guidance. Elise Cachat (SBS) 8 Synthetic communities. Andrew Free (SBS) 9 Medical and veterinary applications. Jamie Davies (SBMS) 10 Future, fun and disaster. Alistair Elfick (School of Engineering)

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: 36
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Formative Assessment Hours 4, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 74 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	The course will be assessed by: - A staff-assessed presentation of a synthetic biology paper (30%) Peer feedback will be shared following the presentations. - A 2000 word essay to include a brief summary of the paper presented and in depth answers to the questions arising at the presentation (70%)
Feedback	- Presentation: Written Feedback - Essay: Written Feedback
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Analytical skills, the ability to assess the relative merits of new methods and application of these The capacity to recognise and critically appraise the opportunities presented by new biological discoveries The ability to look at a wide range of problems from the perspective of solving these with innovative bio-based solutions