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 Postgraduate Course: Research Project for Drug Discovery & Protein Biotechnology (PGBI11093)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences | College | College of Science and Engineering |  
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |  
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | Availability | Not available to visiting students |  
| SCQF Credits | 60 | ECTS Credits | 30 |  
 
| Summary | The course involves a research topic involving the design of a biologic drug. This will be computationally based. |  
| Course description | Weeks	Content 1 	Introduction to the research project. Priming students on main problem to be assessed and guidance to the on-line modules that will prepare them for it.
 2	Virtual Classroom.  Introduction to assessing work, illustrated by a range of abilities; recognizing plagiarism.
 3&4	Virtual Class room to give feedback on Week 2 task.
 Subsequent weeks	Carry out the research work.  After week 10, virtual classroom presentations on progress in a rolling seminar programme. Regular on-line virtual classroom to discuss progress.
 Three weeks before hand in	Submission of draft for comment.
 
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |  | Co-requisites |  |  
| Prohibited Combinations |  | Other requirements | None |  
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1) | Quota:  None |  | Course Start | Full Year |  | Course Start Date | 18/09/2017 |  Timetable | Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | Total Hours:
600
(
 Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 20,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
568 ) |  
| Assessment (Further Info) | Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 % |  
 
| Additional Information (Assessment) | Research Project Dissertation write up = 70% Pebblepad webfolio work = 30%
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| Feedback | Not entered |  
| No Exam Information |  
Learning Outcomes 
| On completion of this course, the student will be able to: 
        learning the skills, knowledge and understanding to carry out a novel research projectability to report a research project in a coherent manner in an accepted academic styleacquire skills to find information from literature and to assess it critically |  
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | Organisation Research skills
 Time-management
 Clear writing in an acceptable academic style
 
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| Keywords | DDPBproject |  
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Douglas Houston Tel: (0131 6)50 7358
 Email:
 | Course secretary | Mrs Claire Black Tel: (0131 6)50 8637
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