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Undergraduate Course: The Animal Body (2) (BVMS08053)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 1 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits40 ECTS Credits20
SummaryAnimal Body 2: Pathobiology of the Animal Body
basic mechanisms of molecular & cellular pathology, immunology, inflammation and repair; general biology of pathogens including bacteria, viruses and parasites. Host response to infection is covered.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 400 ( Lecture Hours 95, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 104, Summative Assessment Hours 7, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 175 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) tbc
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Outwith Standard Exam Diets MayShort question Paper1:30
Outwith Standard Exam Diets MayAnalysis and interpretation paper1:30
Outwith Standard Exam Diets MayMCQ paper (online spot)1:00
Resit Exam Diet (August)Short question paper1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)Analysis and interpretation paper1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)MCQ paper (online spot)1:00
Learning Outcomes
Relating to AB2, students should be able to:
Describe and comprehend the important features and mechanisms of pathological processes and understand how these produce disease and clinical signs.
Define and use specailist terminology applied to infectious diseases and their control.
Comprehend the environmental, pathogen and host factors involved in the transmission, persistence, consequences and control of infection.
Describe teh pathogenic processes at cellular and molecular levels of viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases of animals, including zoonoses.
Correlate causal organisms and mechanisms with resultant pathological alterations, lesions and clinical disease.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserProf Jonathan Fitzgerald
Tel: (0131 6)51 9235
Email: Ross.Fitzgerald@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Amanda Huggan
Tel:
Email: Amanda.Huggan@ed.ac.uk
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