Module code: BIO603
Credits: 30.0
Semester: YEAR
Timetable:
Lecture- Semester 1: Weeks 1: Wednesday 1 pm - 2 pm
- Semester 1: Weeks 6, 8, 9, 10: Wednesday 9 am - 11 am
- Semester 1: Weeks 6, 8, 9, 10: Wednesday 11 am - 1 pm
- Semester 2: Weeks 2: Monday 2 pm - 4 pm
Workshop- Semester 1: Weeks 7: Tuesday 10 am - 1 pm
IT Class- Semester 1: Weeks 4: Wednesday 1 pm - 2 pm
- Semester 1: Weeks 4: Wednesday 2 pm - 3 pm
- Semester 1: Weeks 5: Wednesday 10 am - 11 am
Contact: Dr Brendan Curran
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None
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: 60.0% Coursework, 40.0% Dissertation
Level: 6
