Module manager: Dr Andrew Smith
Email: A.J.Smith1@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2024/25
Continued progression on MBIOL from Level 2 to Level 3 (minimum average of 65%)
| BMSC3399 | Extended Research Project Preparation |
This module is not approved as a discovery module
- To develop the personal and intellectual skills required to become producers as well as consumers of scientific data and ideas.
- To provide experience of using a range of current biological techniques and understand how to use combined approaches to build more general understanding.
- To provide experience in planning experimental research and combing individual techniques to design broad studies.
- To provide experience of combining data from individual experimental approaches related to a single area to obtain a broader understanding.
- To provide experience of analysis and presentation of scientific data.
On completion of this module, the student will have:
- Acquired a greater knowledge and understanding of experimental design;
- Gained experience in the collation, analysis and presentation of scientific data;
- Prepared and submitted a written report on how techniques/tools experienced are applied to address specific research questions.
Project formulation, data collection and analysis, presentation of data in the form of a report.
Students will undertake several online assignments that will utilise current research techniques and methods. Some assignments will stand alone, while others will be linked by using different approaches to address the same research question. Throughout, the students will be exposed to interpreting experimental data, literature searching, reading and reviewing and report writing. The module will finish with the integration of the data to generate a more holistic understanding.
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fieldwork | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Practical | 20 | 4 | 80 |
| Tutorial | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Private study hours | 114 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 86 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200 | ||
This includes associated reading, project planning, analysis of experimental data, writing of results.
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Addressing a specific research question; individual writing assessment | 60 |
| Poster Presentation | Group activity | 30 |
| Assignment | Individual reflective assignment | 10 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 100 | |
Combination of individual and team-delivered work, assessing both written and verbal delivery of research data.
There is no reading list for this module
Last updated: 9/27/2024
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