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SL50170: Broadening horizons (BB50240)

[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: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CW 100%
Assessment Detail:
  • Business Plan and 'Dragon's Den' Style Team Presentation (CW 100%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: By the end of this unit you will be able to:
* Show cogent and critical engagement with global environmental sustainability practice relevant to your field
* Develop teamwork skills through group project work
* Communicate effectively, adopting an appropriate style for a specific audience


Aims: The unit advances biosciences as integral to addressing the challenges of global environmental sustainability, and allows you to acquire the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to shape a sustainable future.

Content: In this unit, you will learn about
* Global citizenship and environmental stewardship in the context of the biosciences and its impact on your future professional and personal lives
* Engaging in real-world activities relating to environmental sustainability based on your own interests and aptitude
* Developing employability skills for the global workplace such as:
- A creative and analytical approach to tackle sustainability issues
- Agility in complex problem-solving
- Managing projects, setting goals and implementing tasks effectively as part of a team
- Deploying a range of effective communication tools
* Cultivating a future-facing outlook; learning to think about social justice, ethics and wellbeing, and how these relate to ecological and economic impact of actions

Course availability:

SL50170 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following courses:

Department of Life Sciences
  • RSSL-AFM30 : Integrated PhD Biotechnology (Healthcare Technologies)
  • RSSL-AFM31 : Integrated PhD Biotechnology (Sustainable Biotechnologies)
  • RSSL-AFM07 : Integrated PhD Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics)
  • RSSL-AFM09 : Integrated PhD Molecular Biosciences (Medical Biosciences)
  • RSSL-AFM10 : Integrated PhD Molecular Biosciences (Microbiology)
  • TSSL-AFM30 : MSc Biotechnology (Healthcare Technologies)
  • TSSL-AWM30 : MSc Biotechnology (Healthcare Technologies)
  • TSSL-AFM31 : MSc Biotechnology (Sustainable Biotechnologies)
  • TSSL-AWM31 : MSc Biotechnology (Sustainable Biotechnologies)
  • TSSL-AFM01 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics)
  • TSSL-AWM01 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Bioinformatics)
  • TSSL-AFM03 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Medical Biosciences)
  • TSSL-AWM03 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Medical Biosciences)
  • TSSL-AFM04 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Microbiology)
  • TSSL-AWM04 : MSc Molecular Biosciences (Microbiology)

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.
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