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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : Pharmacology (Biomedical Sciences)

Undergraduate Course: Pharmacology Project Milestones Dissertation (PHBM10035)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryPharmacology Project Milestones Dissertation
Course description The Pharmacology Project Milestones Dissertation provides you with an opportunity to review the historical literature and identify the research milestones that directly contributed to our current understanding of the field of research addressed by the objectives of your research project. You will be required to write a historical perspective based on your literature review that addresses controversies past and present, and thus places each research milestone in order defined by their respective timeline. In doing so one should develop an accurate description of current wisdom in the field. The dissertation provides the opportunity for you to explore the history behind a defined project.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites Students MUST also take: Drugs, Receptors and Therapeutics (PHBM10036) AND Pharmacology Synoptic Examination (PHBM10017) AND Pharmacology Project (PHBM10018)
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Full Year
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 198 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% ICA
Feedback Feedback sessions arranged.
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. To review the historical literature and identify the research milestones that directly contributed to our current understanding of the field of research addressed by the objectives of the research project.
  2. To write a historical perspective that addresses controversies, past and present, and thus places each research milestone in order defined by their respective timeline. In doing so one should develop an accurate description of current wisdom in the field.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsPHARM_ProjM
Contacts
Course organiserProf Sue Fleetwood-Walker
Tel: (0131 6)51 1696
Email: S.M.Fleetwood-Walker@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Sarah Reilly
Tel:
Email: sreilly2@ed.ac.uk
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