Undergraduate Course: Student Selected Component 1 (BVMS08034)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 0 |
| Home subject area | BVMS |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | A course aimed at allowing students to explore specific self-selected topics in depth. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Full Year, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
| Location |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
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Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| Additional information |
Students to arrange their own groups, agree the topic for their project and approach a member of staff to arrange supervision. |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- Explore specific self-selected topics in depth
- Recognise the importance of, and develop communication skills between team members, supervisors and other professionals
- Develop team working skills, using the skills of the group effectively to select and assign aspects of work and to produce the final project.
- Develop an approach to learning based on curiosity and exploration rather than passive acquisition
- Develop time and resource management skills
- Learn and utilise informatics skills to search, communicate, collect and store data and prepare a poster presentation
- Develop a questioning, self-critical approach
- Evaluate by reflection on your own personal and professional development
- Demonstrate awareness of guidelines relating to plagiarism and copyright of images when gathering materials for a poster presentation
- Reference information sources for a poster presentation in an appropriate and professional manner, adhering to relevant standard scientific conventions.
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Assessment Information
Where appropriate the output could be the creation of a leaflet or information resource but all groups to produce a poster.
A fail of the poster will lead to a resit based on the group redoing their poster.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
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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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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kerry Simpson
Tel:
Email: Kerry.Simpson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Heather Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3628
Email: Heather.Thomson@ed.ac.uk |
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