SL12005: Core skills for bioscience
[Page last updated: 26 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Life Sciences |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | CWES 40%, CWOI 20%, CWSI 40% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- Online integrity test (CWSI 0%)
- Preparation of e-portfolio (CWSI 0%)
- Essay (CWES 20%)
- Data handling and numeracy coursework (CWSI 20%)
- Presentation (CWOI 20%)
- Statistics and programming coursework (CWSI 20%)
- Scientific writing (CWES 20%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of this unit, you will be able to:
- Apply knowledge and understanding of core academic and scientific principles and practices in diverse contexts within the biosciences.
- Demonstrate your understanding and application of principles of academic integrity.
- Develop and employ your numeracy, analytic, statistics and computer skills relevant to the biosciences, enabling you to effectively present various types of biologically relevant data.
- Source peer-reviewed biosciences literature and demonstrate appropriate citation and referencing styles.
- Effectively communicate bioscience content through both written and oral forms.
- Produce a professional CV.
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| Synopsis: | Through a combination of lectures, small group workshops,and individual and group assessments, you will become familiar with and practised in,a range of key academic skills necessary for both your studies and future careers. These include: effective study skills, scientific communication (data, written and oral presentations), literature searching, referencing and citation, numeracy and statistics, an introduction to computer programs, general scientific principles and a careers perspective.
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| Content: | Scientific and academic principles
Academic Integrity
Study skills - what are they?
Numeracy
Statistics
Literature searching
Citations and referencing
Scientific writing
Data presentation
Oral presentations
SWOT analysis of student Grand Challenge pitch
Programming and scientific software
Career perspectives and CV writing
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| Course availability: |
SL12005 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Life Sciences
- USSL-AFB10 : BSc(Hons) Biochemistry (Year 1)
- USSL-AKB10 : BSc(Hons) Biochemistry with professional placement (Year 1)
- USSL-AFB11 : BSc(Hons) Biology (Year 1)
- USSL-AKB11 : BSc(Hons) Biology with professional placement (Year 1)
- USSL-AFB12 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 1)
- USSL-AKB12 : BSc(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with professional placement (Year 1)
- USSL-AFM10 : MBiochem(Hons) Biochemistry (Year 1)
- USSL-AKM10 : MBiochem(Hons) Biochemistry with professional placement (Year 1)
- USSL-AFM11 : MBiol(Hons) Biology (Year 1)
- USSL-AKM11 : MBiol(Hons) Biology with professional placement (Year 1)
- USSL-AFM12 : MBiomed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences (Year 1)
- USSL-AKM12 : MBiomed(Hons) Biomedical Sciences with professional placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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