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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Biology & Biochemistry |
| Credits: | 18 [equivalent to 36 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 360 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Requisites: | In taking this module you cannot take BB30051 OR take BB30163 |
| Description:
| Aims: To provide students with skills in undertaking a scientific investigation, analysing and interpreting findings and reporting the outcome. Learning Outcomes: After taking this course the student should be able to: * demonstrate the intellectual, time- and resource-management and technical requirements for productive, rigorous and responsible scientific investigation and reporting; * write scientifically at the level of a primary research paper and/or review; * demonstrate technical, time and resource management, analytical, interpretative and literature-accessing skills appropriate to the undertaking and presentation of their project. Skills:Learning & studying (T/F/A), Written communication (T/F/A), Numeracy & computation (T/F/A), Data acquisition, handling & analysis (T/F/A), Laboratory or Fieldwork skills (T/F/A), Information technology (T/F/A), Problem solving (T/F/A), Information handling & retrieval (T/F/A), Interpersonal & teamwork skills (T/F/A), Working independently (T/F/A). Content: Selection and definition of a problem that can be investigated effectively within constraints of safety, time and resources; strategic planning; gathering, processing, analysis and interpretation of information; literature searching and reviewing; scientific writing and presentation. |
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BB30042 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:Department of Biology & Biochemistry
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