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Postgraduate Course: Dissertation Project in Systems and Synthetic Biology (PGBI11055)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeDissertation AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits60 ECTS Credits30
SummaryConduct a supervised, independent research project in the area of Systems and Synthetic Biology.
Course description Students will have the option of choosing a host laboratory for a research dissertation project, or participating in a joint 'SynBio' lab project. (For example, by contributing to the Build-a-Genome project through our collabortion with JHU).
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2018/19, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Block 5 (Sem 2) and beyond
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 600 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 12, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 588 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Research Project 100%
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
Research skills, experiment planning and design, practical experimentation, data analysis, data recording, data interpretation
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsProjectSSB
Contacts
Course organiserProf Peter Swain
Tel: (0131 6)50 5451
Email: peter.swain@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Jennifer Morris
Tel: (0131 6)50 5513
Email: jennie.morris@ed.ac.uk
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