Undergraduate Course: Plant Science Synoptic Examination (PLSC10006)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences | 
College | College of Science and Engineering | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | You will have three, one hour tutorials to look at how to answers a synoptic question. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
    This provides an opportunity to synthesise knowledge gained over the past two years and apply it to wide ranging and challenging questions in plant science.
    
    
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
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Co-requisites |  | 
 
| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2019/20, Not available to visiting students (SS1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Semester 2 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
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 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 3,
 Summative Assessment Hours 2,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
93 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
100 %,
Coursework
0 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Exam only | 
 
| Feedback | 
Not entered | 
 
| Exam Information | 
 
    | Exam Diet | 
    Paper Name | 
    Hours & Minutes | 
    
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | Plant Science Synoptic Examination | 3:00 |  |  
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Developing a hypothesis
 - Collating data from a wide range of sources
 - Structuring an extended argument
 - Writing clearly and consisely to a deadline
 
     
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Keywords | PLSCSynoptc | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Catherine Kidner 
Tel: (0131 6)51 3316 
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Course secretary | Ms Louise Robertson 
Tel: (0131 6)50 5988 
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