Undergraduate Course: Student Selected Component 1 (BVMS08050)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | A course aimed at allowing students to explore specific self-selected topics in depth. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 1,
Other Study Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
87 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Group project - 100%
There will be three parts to the assessment:
¿ A group mark based on the on-line Prezi and a group Question/Answer session (50% of total marks available)
¿ Peer assessment marks which must average to group mark (50% of total marks available)
¿ An individual Reflective summary (a pass requirement but not marked)
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| Feedback |
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| No Exam Information |
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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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Andrew Gardiner
Tel:
Email: Andrew.Gardiner@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Heather Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3628
Email: Heather.Thomson@ed.ac.uk |
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