Undergraduate Course: Student Research Component (Foundation Skills) (BVMS08063)
Course Outline
| School | Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | A course aimed at developing generic research and presentation skills.
Students develop and explore a topic of their own choice within a given theme. The course is intended to equip students with core skills that will be used in the student research component of third year and beyond. Topics chosen for SRC Foundation should not directly relate to material taught elsewhere in the BVM&S programme.
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| Course description |
During the SSC1 course you should develop your skills in:
- developing a research topic
- the acquisition and organisation of knowledge around a research question
- the presentation of knowledge in a structured and interesting way
- communication between team members
- team management and time management
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 1,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 1,
Formative Assessment Hours 1,
Summative Assessment Hours 5,
Other Study Hours 10,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
80 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) |
other study hours = 10
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework |
| Feedback |
After the group presentations written feedback is provided to each group. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Explore specific self-selected topics in depth
- Recognise the importance of, and develop communication skills between team members, supervisors and other professionals
- Develop team working skills, using the skills of the group effectively to select and assign aspects of work and to produce the final project.
- Develop an approach to learning based on curiosity and exploration rather than passive acquisition
- Learn and utilise informatics skills to search, communicate, collect and store data and prepare a presentation
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Teamwork
Presentation of information
Developing research questions
Working to deadlines |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
One lecture
Group working
Presentation |
| Keywords | Research,Self-selected topic,Group work,Presentation,Inter-disciplinery |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Andrew Gardiner
Tel: (0131 6)50 8788
Email: Andrew.Gardiner@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Heather Thomson
Tel: (0131 6)50 6173
Email: Heather.Thomson@ed.ac.uk |
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