Undergraduate Course: Animal Biology 2 (BILG08011)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Available to all students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 20 | 
ECTS Credits | 10 | 
 
 
| Summary | An introduction to the evolution of body plans and physiological systems will provide a framework for understanding the range of invertebrate groups, a selection of which will then be studied in more detail in the context of a major habitat, the sea. Vertebrate body plans will lead into a detailed study of the mammals; and a section on animal associations will bring together invertebrates and vertebrates from the viewpoint of parasites and their hosts. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    Not entered
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed    
Origin and Diversity of Life 1 (BILG08001)  
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Information for Visiting Students 
| Pre-requisites | None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
200
(
 Lecture Hours 33,
 Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 33,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
 Summative Assessment Hours 3,
 Other Study Hours 11,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
115 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
55 %,
Coursework
20 %,
Practical Exam
25 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
1 x 1500 word essay.  Essay = 20%, degree practical = 25%, degree theory = 55%. | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Practical Exam | 2:50 |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Theory resit exam | 2:00 |  |  | Resit Exam Diet (August) | Practical resit exam | 1:10 |  |  | Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Theory Exam | 2:00 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
|     to be added
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
Not entered | 
 
| Additional Class Delivery Information | 
Laboratory - Tuesday or Friday afternoons. | 
 
| Keywords | Anbi2 | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Prof Graham Stone 
Tel: (0131 6)50 7194 
Email:  | 
Course secretary | Miss Claire Fox 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5454 
Email:  | 
   
 
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