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Postgraduate Course: Genetic Interpretation (PGBI11002)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Biological Sciences CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course extends and consolidates material covered in lectures in the corequisite Population and Quantitative Genetics (BIO-5-PQGEN). It has two concurrent strands:

1)Weekly tutorials on genetics problems in natural and selected populations. The problem sets involve derivations and numerical calculations which have to be completed ahead of each tutorial session;
2)Weekly group discussions of recent key scientific papers on relevant topics. Students will have to prepare a written critique of selected papers and also contribute fully to the general discussion of the issues raised.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2020/21, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  27
Course Start Semester 1
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 18, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 6, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 74 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 1 x 2 hour supervised assessment
Feedback Not entered
Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S1 (December)OPEN BOOK EXAM2:00
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. At the end of this course students will be able to apply numerical and algebraic skills in deriving solutions to problems in population and quantitative genetics.
  2. At the end of this course students will have experience in scientific paper interpretation
  3. At the end of this course students will be able to produce graduate-level essays on key topics in genetics and written critiques of scientific papers
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsGenetic Interpretation
Contacts
Course organiserProf Peter Keightley
Tel: (0131 6)50 5443
Email: Peter.Keightley@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMrs Claire Black
Tel: (0131 6)50 8637
Email: Claire.Black@ed.ac.uk
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