Postgraduate Course: SCPE Practical Project (BIME11086)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 60 |
| Home subject area | Biomedical Sciences |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Science Communication and Public Engagement practical project (developing, delivering, evaluating and reflecting on a Science Communication and Public Engagement activity). The projects will draw on the aggregated learning outcomes of the course modules to enable to students to develop, with supervision, a science communication activity which they will deliver and evaluate. Students will receive support to negotiate a suitable project partner in their local area and will work with the project partner to deliver and evaluate the activity. The dissertation will be a reflective analysis of the process of developing delivering and evaluating the activity, drawing on relevant literature. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Ability in the design and delivery of a science communication/public engagement activity.
Ability to design an effective evaluation strategy.
Evidence of reflexive and reflective practice.
An informed reflection (supported by the literature) on the process of design delivery and evaluation of the public engagement activity. |
Assessment Information
Design, delivery and evaluation of a public engagement activity (40%).
A dissertation of 6,000 words. (60%)
The weighting of each piece of work within a module is expressed as a % of the total mark for the module. |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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| Transferable skills |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Keywords | SCPE-OLDL-DissPP |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elizabeth Stevenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3258
Email: E.Stevenson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Marie Manson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289
Email: Marie.Manson@ed.ac.uk |
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