Undergraduate Course: Pharmacology Project Milestones Dissertation (PHBM10035)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	Pharmacology Project Milestones Dissertation
Course description	The Pharmacology Project Milestones Dissertation provides you with an opportunity to review the historical literature and identify the research milestones that directly contributed to our current understanding of the field of research addressed by the objectives of your research project. You will be required to write a historical perspective based on your literature review that addresses controversies past and present, and thus places each research milestone in order defined by their respective timeline. In doing so one should develop an accurate description of current wisdom in the field. The dissertation provides the opportunity for you to explore the history behind a defined project.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites	Students MUST also take: Drugs, Receptors and Therapeutics (PHBM10036) AND Pharmacology Synoptic Examination (PHBM10017) AND Pharmacology Project (PHBM10018)
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Full Year
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 198 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	100% ICA
Feedback	Feedback sessions arranged.
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: To review the historical literature and identify the research milestones that directly contributed to our current understanding of the field of research addressed by the objectives of the research project. To write a historical perspective that addresses controversies, past and present, and thus places each research milestone in order defined by their respective timeline. In doing so one should develop an accurate description of current wisdom in the field.