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Postgraduate Course: Science and Biology of Bacteria (BIME11113)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course aims to provide the foundational understanding of the basic biology of micro-organisms that may cause disease in humans, and how they cause disease. The course covers bacterial microorganisms.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Printing own course materials
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  50
Course Start Flexible
Course Start Date 28/10/2024
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Formative Assessment Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 97 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.

Assessment will be based on various online activities including written submissions (web forms), discussion fora and reflective review. Extensive use of selective release (requiring the student to complete one task before being permitted to proceed to the next) technologies will be made to facilitate interactive and dynamic online assignments.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate understanding of basic biology, including structure, function, genetics, and pathogenesis, of major bacterial pathogens.
  2. Recognise and apply the key principles of microbiological and clinical classification of bacteria.
  3. Describe local and global epidemiology of major bacterial pathogens and their disease associations.
  4. Comprehend and appreciate the importance and evolution of normal flora, and quasispecies evolution.
  5. Recognise and apply own enhanced skills in using scientific literature, critical appraisal and generation of high impact publications.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsBacterial pathogens,pathogenesis,basic biology
Contacts
Course organiserDr Richard Smith
Tel: (0131) 242 9125
Email: r.smith@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Ann-Marie Peckham
Tel: (0131 6)50 3160
Email: apeckham@ed.ac.uk
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