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Postgraduate Course: Research Project Proposal (Biotechnology) (PGBI11105)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe course will start with four lecture/seminars that deal with the frequently ignored nuts and bolts aspects of the workings of scientific life. This phase of the course will end with writing a 2000 word essay. (30% of total course assessment).

This area and problem may or may not be the area in which their actual dissertation project is based.
Course description Lecture 1. How to play the game: Having a scientific idea, doing some experiments, and writing up the results in the form of a ¿scientific paper¿.

Lecture 2. Who gives out grant money, why they do it, and how to get some.

Lecture 3. Choosing a research project, or, If you want to be a scientist, you have to think of a problem that needs solving, that you can solve.

Lecture 4. Going further into academic research or getting a job in industry? What¿s right for you?
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 30, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 68 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Once the research topic has been chosen, the student must prepare a grant application (BBSRC format), asking for funds to support the project. The grant must be presented to a panel for a further 30% of the total assessment.

The written application itself will be assessed for the remaining 70% of the course formal submitted work.

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Learning Outcomes
A better understanding of the practical and organisational skills involved in becoming an independent research scientist in the field of biotechnology.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Better self-organisation, a stronger capacity to think before acting, a greater critical capacity.
KeywordsBiotechReProApp
Contacts
Course organiserDr David Arnot
Tel: (0131 6)50 5503
Email: D.E.Arnot@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Andrea Nichol
Tel: (0131 6)50 5538
Email: Andrea.Nichol@ed.ac.uk
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