Postgraduate Course: Literature Review in the MSc by Research in Biomedical Sciences (BIME11067)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 40 |
ECTS Credits | 20 |
| Summary | For students unable to progress with the MSc and in order to exit from the programme with a Diploma award (120 credits) a literature review will be required to be undertaken (40 credits). For this assignment, the student will be required to review the literature on a subject clearly defined by the programme director and the course supervisor in the research area chosen. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
400
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 8,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
392 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
The review should be no longer than 5000 words (not including references), be appropriately referenced, and in the format of a review for Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. |
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Reviewing scientific literature is an exercise in which the student reports the current understanding of an area based on previously published data.
- This exercise requires careful, critical, and comprehensive analysis of the literature, so that the student can compile a synthesis of the published information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Andrew Hall
Tel: (0131 6)50 3263
Email: A.Hall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Marie Manson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289
Email: Marie.Manson@ed.ac.uk |
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