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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences : Molecular and Clinical Medicine

Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] Metagenomics BIOL5172 (MCLM11048)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis is a placeholder course, designed to record marks for the University of Glasgow part of the programme, PRPHDISPME1F: Precision Medicine (PhD with Integrated Study)
Course description Please see [University of Glasgow] Metagenomics BIOL5172
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2022/23, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 98 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Please see [University of Glasgow] Metagenomics BIOL5172 for Components of Assessment
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No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. Practice, general cognitive skills, and ICT the use of computer programs to execute a variety of planned analyses in several areas relating to metagenomics
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Susan Farrington
Tel: (0131) 332 2471
Email: Susan.Farrington@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Susan Mitchell
Tel: (0131 6)51 7891
Email: Susan.Mitchell@ed.ac.uk
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