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Degree Programme Table: Biomedical Sciences (Infectious Diseases) BSc (Hons) (UTBSCBSCID1F)

Year 2, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes:
    1. Before selecting your course options, please ensure you have met your Personal Tutor. Students may wish to make use of the interactive programme builder PATH to help inform their decision regarding course choices (https://path.is.ed.ac.uk/).

    2. A booklet giving details, as well as restrictions and recommendation on choices of courses, will be available for students entering the degree programme to facilitate advance planning.

    3. Progression to Honours requires students to obtain 240 credit points (or 220 credit points with the permission of the Progression Board) by the end of the August examination diet. In addition, students must obtain at least 50% at the first sitting in Biomedical Sciences 2 and one other compulsory course. By the end of the August examination diet students must have passed all three compulsory courses with an overall mean of 50%.



  • Year 3, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes: 1. Before selecting your course options, please ensure you have met with your Personal Tutor. Students may wish to make use of the interactive programme builder PATH to help inform their decision regarding course choices (https://path.is.ed.ac.uk/).

    2. A booklet giving details, as well as restrictions and recommendations on choices of courses, will be available for students entering the degree programme to facilitate advance planning.

    3. In order to proceed to Senior Honours students must have obtained at least 360 credit points and met the requirements set out in the DPT for their selected programme of study. Student must have:
    - passes in all core 1st, 2nd and 3rd year courses.
    - at least 80 credit points by passing level 9 or level 10 courses in the Junior Honours year at first attempt (this must include a pass in both Medical Microbiology 3 and either Clinical Immunology & Haematology 3A or Immunology 3); and
    - an overall aggregate mark of at least 40% in Level 9/10 courses taken in Junior Honours

    4. Students are required to take 60 credits in Semester 1 and 60 credits in Semester 2.


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 2 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    BIME09002 Medical Microbiology 3 Semester 2 20
    BIME09008 Biomedical Sciences 3 Full Year 40




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 5 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 2
    MSBM09005     Clinical Immunology & Haematology 3A     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select exactly 40 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Parasite Biology 3 (BILG09003) is recommended for this programme.
     


    OR   

    Overarching rule collection group: B  
    Select exactly 60 credits from these collections:  

    Select exactly 20 credits course level 09, during Semester 1
    BILG09007     Immunology 3     (20 credits)

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, as available
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BIME09004    Physiology 3   20  
    BIME09003    Pharmacology 3   20  
    BIME09005    Mechanisms of Brain Development 3   20  
    BIME09011    Applied Pharmacology 3   20  
    MSBM09004    Clinical Immunology & Haematology 3B   20  
    BIME09012    Neuroscience 3   20  
    BIME09006    Reproductive Biology 3   20  
    MSBM09001    Clinical Biochemistry and Endocrinology 3   20  

     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from Level 9 and 10 courses in Schedules A to Q, T and W, as available

    Notes:Parasite Biology 3 (BILG09003) is recommended for this programme.
     



    Year 4, Academic year 2016/17, Starting month: August

  • Notes:
    A booklet giving details of, as well as restrictions on, course options will be available for students entering the degree programme to facilitate advance planning.

    Students may also wish to make use of the interactive programme builder PATH to help inform their decision regarding course choices (https://path.is.ed.ac.uk/).


  • COMPULSORY COURSES
    This DPT has 4 compulsory course(s).


    Code  Course Name  Period  Credits 
    MIBM10041 Infectious Diseases Project Full Year 40
    MIBM10042 Infectious Diseases Synoptic Examination Semester 2 10
    MIBM10053 Review Essay for Infectious Disease Full Year 10
    MIBM10052 Host-pathogen interactions in Infectious Disease Full Year 20




    COURSE OPTIONS
    This DPT has 2 set(s) of course options with the following rules.


    Overarching rule collection group: A  
    Select exactly 40 credits from these collections:  

    Select a minimum of 20 credits and maximum of 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BIME10025    Diagnostics and therapeutics for infectious disease   20  
    BIME10021    Global Health and Infectious Diseases   20  
    BIME10035    Antibiotic Crisis   20  

    Notes:These courses are strongly recommended for this programme.
     
    AND   

    Select a minimum of 0 credits and maximum of 20 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 1
    Code   Course Name   Credits
    BIME10034    Making Sense of Disease Pathways   20  
    BIME10023    Forensic Investigation   20  
    BIME10015    Science Communication   20  
    BIME10013    Social and Ethical Aspects of Medicine   20  
    EVBI10007    Evolutionary Medicine of Infectious Disease   10  
    ZLGY10024    Evolutionary Ecology of Hosts and Parasites   10  
    GENE10004    Genetics of Host-Parasite Interactions   10  
    IMMU10007    Immunobiology of Malaria   10  
    ZLGY10015    Parasitic Diseases of Public Health Importance   10  
    IMMU10013    Th2 in Immunity, Allergy and Health   10  
    BIME10036    Inflammation and Tissue Repair   20  

     



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