DPT: Biomedical Sciences with Management (Infectious Diseases) BSc (Hons) (UTBSCBSIDM1F)

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. [Students will have to take a minimum of 60 points of business courses during years 2 and 3.]

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 recommendation on choices of courses, will be available for students entering the degree programme to facilitate advance planning. [Students will have to take a minimum of 60 points of business courses during years 2 and 3.]

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.

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules H and W, as available

Notes:Details of these courses can be found in a study guide available from the Schools of Business and Economics.

AND

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

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

AND

Select exactly 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.

Exceptionally, a level 10 business or other College of Humanities and Social Science course may be taken. Please consult your Personal Tutor.

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

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

AND

Select exactly 20 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

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 3 compulsory course(s).

Code	Course Name	Period	Credits
MIBM10042	Infectious Diseases Synoptic Examination	Semester 2	10

MIBM10052	Host-pathogen interactions in Infectious Disease	Full Year	20

MIBM10053	Review Essay for Infectious Disease	Full Year	10

COURSE OPTIONS
This DPT has 3 set(s) of course options with the following rules.

Overarching rule collection group: A
Select exactly 80 credits from these collections:

Select exactly 40 credits from the following list of courses, during Semester 2

Code	Course Name	Credits
MIBM10041	Infectious Diseases Project	40
MIBM10043	Project in Infectious Diseases and Management	40

AND

Select exactly 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

AND

Select exactly 20 credits from Level 10 courses in Schedules H and W, during Semester 1

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DEGREE REGULATIONS & PROGRAMMES OF STUDY 2016/2017

Degree Programme Table: Biomedical Sciences with Management (Infectious Diseases) BSc (Hons) (UTBSCBSIDM1F)

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

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

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

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