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Postgraduate Course: Credits Awarded for Taught Courses [University of Glasgow] RNA-seq and Next Generation Transcriptomics BIOL5177 (MCLM11077)

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 Credits20 ECTS Credits10
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] RNA-seq and Next Generation Transcriptomics BIOL5177
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. demonstrate specialist integrative knowledge and critical understanding of the concepts underlying next generation sequencing-based transcriptomics data analysis in a variety of experimental scenarios
  2. demonstrate specialist integrative knowledge and critical understanding of the reasons for differences in the performance of different data analysis methods
  3. demonstrate, in a creative way, the principal skills involved in analysing next generation sequencing data using a range of transcriptomics tools
  4. demonstrate, in a creative way a variety of skills in building bioinformatic analysis pipelines related to RNA-seq applications
  5. demonstrate, in a creative way a variety of skills in constructing data analysis workflows coded in the statistical language R and their testing and execution in the R-studio environment
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Susan Farrington
Tel: (0131) 332 2471
Email: Susan.Farrington@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Kate Hardman
Tel: (0131 6)51 7891
Email: Kate.Hardman@ed.ac.uk
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