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Postgraduate Course: Project and Dissertation (Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants) (PGBI11020)

Course Outline
School	School of Biological Sciences	College	College of Science and Engineering
Course type	Dissertation	Availability	Not available to visiting students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Credits	60
Home subject area	Postgraduate	Other subject area	None
Course website	None	Taught in Gaelic?	No
Course description	A full-time supervised research project in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MSc in Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Plant Geography (PGBI11012) AND Plants and People (PGBI11013) AND Evolution of Plants and Fungi (PGBI11014) AND Biodiversity of Cryptogamic Plants and Fungi (PGBI11015) AND Angiosperm Evolution and Biodiversity (PGBI11016) AND Angiosperm Biodiversity Practicals (PGBI11017) AND Plant Biodiversity Field Course (PGBI11018) AND Herbarium Taxonomy (PGBI11019) AND Phylogenetics and Population Genetics (PLSC11001)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	None

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2012/13 Block 5 (sem 2), Not available to visiting students (SS1)						Learn enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
No Classes have been defined for this Course
First Class	First class information not currently available
Additional information	Project by personal research. No formal classes will be held.
No Exam Information

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Training in and experience of the process of designing and conducting an independent research project, of assimilating and analysing data, and of producing a formal scientific report or thesis.

Assessment Information
Assessment of Dissertation

Special Arrangements
The project work will normally be supervised by staff of the RBGE and/or the University of Edinburgh, or by special arrangement by staff of another approved academic or research institution.

Additional Information
Academic description	Not entered
Syllabus	Not entered
Transferable skills	Not entered
Reading list	Not entered
Study Abroad	Not entered
Study Pattern	Not entered
Keywords	Plant Biodiversity, Plant Taxonomy

Contacts
Course organiser	Prof Andrew Hudson Tel: (0131 6)50 3383 Email: Andrew.Hudson@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Carolyn Wilson Tel: (0131 6)50 8651 Email: Carolyn.Wilson@ed.ac.uk

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