Postgraduate Course: Ageing Research: Concepts & Methods I (LISC11070)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Life Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.gradlife.ed.ac.uk/post_opp/mscbyres.htm |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | The aim of the Ageing Research Concepts & Methods Course is to provide broadly based training in biomedical research with a focus on ageing research. The major themes will include an introduction to ageing research, the ageing cell, introduction to the physiology of ageing, animal models of ageing, neuroimaging in ageing research and introdution to statistics and experimental design, basics and longitudinal studies. The intention is to provide an integrated view of non-pathological ageing in terms of concepts and questions and methods that facilitate its study in humans and in animal models. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Evidence (LAWS08086)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Additional study costs £4000 for year 1. |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2011/12 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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1 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 12 week(s). |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The purpose of this mini project is to ascertain that students:
- have a thorough knowledge of the relevant literature, can make a critical appraisal of the key material in it and can place their own proposed project in its context,
- can accurately report the work already done and its significance.
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Assessment Information
Students will produce a report at the end of the mini-project for assessment in the form of a scientific paper (no more than 5,000 words) to provide practice in accurate and concise writing. The mini-project report should be prepared to high standard (published paper in a peer-reviewed journal). Student will also be asked to include in this report a brief critique, spelling out the strengths and weaknesses of the project design or experimental approach.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Joyce Yau
Tel: (0131 6)51 1032
Email: Joyce.Yau@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Marie Manson
Tel: 0131 242 6478
Email: Marie.Manson@ed.ac.uk |
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