Module code: BIO603
Credits: 30.0
Semester: YEAR
Contact: Dr Sally Faulkner
30-unit project modules require prior SBCS approval. In this module students will: create a short, investigative project based on individual reading lists; give a presentation based on the above using Powerpoint; develop scientific writing and critical appraisal skills (referee a real but anonymous paper, write a referees report, redraft the paper); attend research seminars, research background to any two of them (by consulting web-site of speaker), and produce two reports discussing the research in non-technical language and explaining its likely significance for the layman. You will also have to either produce a website on a topical biological subject (eg environmental, health or ethical scientific issue), or produce a small portfolio of scientific images, either macroscopic or microscopic.
Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 50.0% Dissertation, 45.0% Coursework, 5.0% Practical
Level: 6
