Postgraduate Course: Principles and Practice in Public Engagement with Science (II) (BIME11129)
Course Outline
School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | This course provides students with the opportunity to explore, through case studies, innovative approaches to science communication and public engagement with a focus on project development, audience segmentation, collaborations, evaluation, legacy and impact. |
Course description |
The course will use a case study approach to scrutinise project, management, creativity, evaluation, development and delivery and legacy of a science communication/public engagement project.
Students will have an opportunity to engage with practitioners to analyse and develop their understanding of the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of a science communication/public engagement project.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- develop appropriate skills and approaches for project management and development
- develop appropriate skills and approaches for promotion and marketing
- develop skills and to reflect on the role of evaluation
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Additional Information
Course URL |
http://www.sciencecommunication.mvm.ed.ac.uk/online/ |
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Students will develop generic cognitive skills (e.g. evaluation, critical analysis) through analysing projects; Communication and IT skills through engagement in the course and analysis of evaluation data and develop a sense of the accountability required in project management together with a sense of team working and collaboration. |
Keywords | SCPE-OLDL-PP2 |
Contacts
Course organiser | Dr Elizabeth Stevenson
Tel: (0131 6)50 3258
Email: E.Stevenson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Lisa Kilcullen
Tel: (0131 6)51 5997
Email: L.Kilcullen@ed.ac.uk |
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