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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : International Animal Health

Postgraduate Course: Dissertation (International Animal Health) (INAH11015)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits60 ECTS Credits30
SummaryThe course will allow the candidate to analyse and present animal health-related data that they have already collected during the course of work conducted in their home country. Alternatively the candidate may wish to undertake a desk study to explore and develop a theme of relevance to their current working environment, or an areas of interest that have arisen during their period of study on the MSc.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Students will be required to have regular access to a networked computer, and will be responsible for providing their own computing equipment and consumables.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Course Start Date 03/08/2015
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Dissertation/Project Supervision Hours 40, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 548 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Dissertation (10-15,000 words).

The University of Edinburgh's postgraduate common marking scheme will be used (assessment of dissertation component).
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. This feature will require a high level of commitment and application from the candidate and provides a valuable exercise in the writing and presentation of information to a standard that engages appropriately with academic conventions in relation to style, tone, structuring and referencing.

    As an integral element of the final year the student will complete a course on research methodologies, selecting between "Socioeconomic research methods" or "Biomedical research methods". This is a compulsory, but un-assessed, element that will provide training in the skills required for successful completion of the Dissertation.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.internationalanimalhealth.ed.ac.uk
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This courses will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment Learn as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access, that will be made available to registered users.
Additional Class Delivery Information This course will be delivered online through Learn.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ewan Macleod
Tel: 0131 242 9379
Email: ewan.macleod@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Lauren Sandford
Tel: (0131 6)51 5470
Email: Lauren.Sandford@ed.ac.uk
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