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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies : Veterinary Sciences

Postgraduate Course: Current topics in animal biosciences (VESC11010)

Course Outline
SchoolRoyal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThe course aims to provide knowledge and laboratory skills in areas of animal sciences with current and immediate relevance. The area to be covered will be chosen from fields of expertise and international eminence at the Roslin Institute, which include developmental biology, embryology and reproduction, stem cells and transgenesis, infection and immunity, neurodegenerative disease, avian model systems.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Covered by mandatory Additional Programme Costs
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesCompleted degree at Bachelor level in biological sciences or other relevant discipline
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 15, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 50, External Visit Hours 4, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 3, Formative Assessment Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 5, Revision Session Hours 5, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 10 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Written assignment(s) 75%
Assessment of practical skills 25%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the candidate should have specialised knowledge and experience in the chosen areas of animal biosciences.
The candidate should:
- be familiar with a currently relevant area of animal biosciences which will be determined each year by the course organiser;
- have experience of relevant laboratory techniques;
- understand how this knowledge might be used in industry;
- understand the ethical issues raised by the field studied.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Kim Summers
Tel: 0131 527 4200
Email: kim.summers@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Isabel Lavers
Tel: (0131) 242 6480
Email: isabel.lavers@ed.ac.uk
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