Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (PGEE11227)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The purpose of the course is to provide students with a practical group-activity-based introduction to interdisciplinarity in the context of research and innovation.
Each group of students is assigned a mentor who is selected according to group topic and who meets the group weekly.
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| Course description |
The course comprises two equally-weighted parts.
Part 1. Weeks 1 to 5. Assimilating and presenting interdisciplinary research and innovation. The cohort will be split into multi-disciplinary groups. Each group will be
allocated a topic (e.g., research advance , innovation outcome or societal need) of a suitable cross-disciplinary nature within the broad topic of ¿ageing and care¿
tasked with assessing and summarising the topic in a briefing note (interim deliverable) for formative assessment and feedback.
required to produce a formal document (final deliverable / summative assessment) in the form of a public dissemination article, short review paper, etc as appropriate for the topic
Part 2. Weeks 7 to 11. Group outline research proposal in interdisciplinary research and innovation. The cohort will again be split into multi-disciplinary groups. Each group will be allocated a topic for a research requirement. The topics may be designated by the leads for the main ACRC themes / work-packages. Each group will then develop an outline research proposal related to the research requirement.
At an interim (formative / feedback) session Aims and Objectiives will be presented and discussed.
The final summative assessment will require each group to pitch and defend its proposal to the CO and group mentors.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Articulate the definitions and importance of cross-, multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinarity in researching solutions to real-world issues.
- Assimilate and communicate knowledge in an unfamiliar field.
- Understand and operate the basics of cross-disciplinary communication within a small group.
- Play a part within a multi-disciplinary team in creating and delivering an interdisciplinary research proposal.
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Reading List
The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity (2 ed.)¿¿
Edited by Robert Frodeman
Pub. Oxford University Press, 2017
ISBN: 9780198733522
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198733522.001.0001 |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Advanced Care |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Tughrul Arslan
Tel: (0131 6)50 5592
Email: T.Arslan@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Aisyah Noor Mohd
Tel:
Email: snoormo@ed.ac.uk |
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