Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] Metagenomics BIOL5172 (MCLM11048)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This is a placeholder course, designed to record marks for the University of Glasgow part of the programme, PRPHDISPME1F: Precision Medicine (PhD with Integrated Study)
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| Course description |
Please see [University of Glasgow] Metagenomics BIOL5172
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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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 |
Flexible |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Please see [University of Glasgow] Metagenomics BIOL5172 for Components of Assessment
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Specialist integrative and evidence-based knowledge and critical understanding of the principles of microbial community metagenomics and of the strategies involved in approaches employing both PCR- amplified gene fragments and shotgun metagenomics
- Specialist integrative knowledge and critical understanding of the workflow involved in DNA sequence filtering, noise removal, OTU generation and taxonomic classification using sequences derived from PCR amplicons
- Specialist integrative knowledge and critical understanding of the keys steps involved in DNA sequence assembly and gene annotation using sequences derived from shotgun metagenomic strategies
- Practice, general cognitive skills, and ICT in a creative way, the principal skills involved in manipulating DNA sequence datasets derived from metagenomic strategies using computers
- Practice, general cognitive skills, and ICT the use of computer programs to execute a variety of planned analyses in several areas relating to metagenomics
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Elizabeth Elliot
Tel: (0131 6)51 7851
Email: Elizabeth.Elliot@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7891
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk |
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