Postgraduate Course: Surveillance and control of transboundary diseases affecting international trade (INAH11005)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | International Animal Health |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.internationalanimalhealth.ed.ac.uk |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course aims to promote an understanding of the control of infectious animal diseases of economic global importance and the impact of legislation on the design of these control strategies. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be required to have regular access to a networked computer, and will be reponsible for providing their own computing equipment and consumables. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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This course will be delivered online through Web CT. |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| At the completion of this course, the candidate should understand the major transboundary livestock diseases, including rinderpest and other epidemic diseases (contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, foot-and-mouth disease, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, peste de petit ruminants, Rift Valley fever and lumpy skin disease). Candidates will also be introduced to the regulatory requirements for international trade, as stipulated by OIE and WTO, and the control strategies recommended to keep these diseases at bay. |
Assessment Information
| Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online discussion in both a synchronous and asynchronous environment will contribute further to the final mark. In combination with the submission of electronic course assignments, these elements will provide the remaining 40% of the final mark. |
Special Arrangements
| This courses will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment Web CT as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access, that will be made available to registered users. |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Ewan Macleod
Tel: 0131 242 9379
Email: ewan.macleod@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Caroline Morris
Tel: (0131 6)51 3255
Email: c.d.morris@ed.ac.uk |
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