Undergraduate Course: Practical Skills in the Biomedical Sciences 3 (BIME09001)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 20 | 
 
| Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences | 
Other subject area | Biology | 
   
| Course website | 
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | The aim of the course is to is to provide students intending to enter the Physiology-Pharmacology-Neuroscience cluster of Honours Courses with a general grounding in planning and analysing practical work.  Students, working in teams, will plan experiments, carry them out, analyse their data and present their results (eg, in written reports and poster presentations).  Some background material will be presented to them in lectures/seminars. | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13  Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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WebCT enabled:  Yes | 
Quota:  None | 
 
	
		| Location | 
		Activity | 
		Description | 
		Weeks | 
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		Tuesday | 
		Wednesday | 
		Thursday | 
		Friday | 
	 
| Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  13:10 - 13:50 |  |  |  | Central | Laboratory |  | 1-11 |  |  |  14:00 - 17:00 |  |  |  | Central | Laboratory |  | 1-11 |  |  |  10:00 - 13:00 |  |  |  | Central | Lecture |  | 1-11 |  |  |  09:00 - 09:50 |  |  |  
| First Class | 
First class information not currently available |  
	| Additional information | 
	Lectures on Wed 9.00-10.00 AND 13.00-14.00. 
Practicals 10.00-13.00 OR 14.00-17.00. | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) |  | 2:00 |  |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) |  | 2:00 |  |  |  
 
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
Increased understanding of biological processes. 
Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
Four items of in-course assessment 
+ one 2 hour exam |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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| Syllabus | 
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| Transferable skills | 
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| Reading list | 
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| Study Abroad | 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Sutherland Maciver 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3714 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Morris 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255 
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