Postgraduate Course: Zoonotic diseases in a global setting (EMND11029)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) | 
 
| Course type | Online Distance Learning | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| SCQF Credits | 10 | 
ECTS Credits | 5 | 
 
 
| Summary | This is an advanced course in zoonotic diseases that develops many of the themes from Zoonotic disease INAH11004 and places them within the wider global context. | 
 
| Course description | 
    
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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 2021/22, Available to all students (SV1) 
  
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Quota:  None | 
 
| Course Start | 
Flexible | 
 
| Course Start Date | 
09/08/2021 | 
 
Timetable  | 
	
Timetable | 
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) | 
 
 Total Hours:
100
(
 Lecture Hours 10,
 Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
 Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
 Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
51 )
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| Additional Information (Learning and Teaching) | 
This course will be delivered online through Learn.
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| Assessment (Further Info) | 
 
  Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) | 
Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online discussion in both a synchronous and asynchronous environment will contribute further to the final mark. In combination with the submission of electronic course assignments, these elements will provide the remaining 40% of the final mark. | 
 
| Feedback | 
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| No Exam Information | 
 
Learning Outcomes 
    On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
    
        - Appreciate the role of zoonoses in our changing world.
 - Understand the evolution of these parasites, and the pressure that has shaped their population.
 - Appreciate the biogeography of zoonoses.
 - Understand the integration of human, animal and ecosystem health in the control and prevention of these diseases.
 
     
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Additional Information
| Course URL | 
http://www.globalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/InfectiousDiseases/home.html | 
 
| Graduate Attributes and Skills | 
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| Special Arrangements | 
This course will be taught entirely be distance learning, using the virtual learning environment of Learn as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by a secure username and password. These access details are made available for registered users only. | 
 
| Keywords | Not entered | 
 
 
Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Aileen Jordan 
Tel:  
Email: ahallida@exseed.ed.ac.uk | 
Course secretary | Miss Fiona Brodie 
Tel: (0131 6)51 5997 
Email: Fiona.Brodie@ed.ac.uk | 
   
 
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