BS141-4-FY-CO:
Scientific and Transferable Skills for Biosciences
2015/16
Life Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 4
Current
30
05 March 2007
Requisites for this module
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BSC C700 Biochemistry,
BSC C701 Biochemistry (Including Placement Year),
BSC C703 Biochemistry (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C100 Biological Sciences,
BSC C101 Biological Sciences (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C102 Biological Sciences (Including Placement Year),
BSC B990 Biomedical Science,
BSC B991 Applied Biomedical Science (NHS placement),
BSC B995 Biomedical Science (Including Year Abroad),
BSC B999 Biomedical Science (Including Placement Year),
BSC C400 Genetics,
BSC C402 Genetics (Including Year Abroad),
BSC C403 Genetics (Including Placement Year),
BSC C164 Marine Biology,
BSC CC60 Marine Biology (Including Year Abroad)
The aim of this module is to provide all 1st year Bioscience students with the necessary skills to enhance performance in other first year modules and to prepare you for your second and third year (coursework and exams, laboratory practicals and research projects), as well as to improve employability. Students will develop their practical and transferable skills in areas including experimental design, data handling, display and interpretation, basic statistical analysis, scientific writing (including referencing and avoiding plagiarism), study skills (including essay writing, lecture note taking, use of library and databases, use of subject specific software), teamwork and communication. Teaching and learning will be through a mixture of lectures, classes, and tutorials.
Learning Outcomes :
To pass this module students will need to be able to:
1. demonstrate an understanding of the scientific method, experimental design and investigation in the biosciences;
2. demonstrate an appropriate level of understanding of basic chemical concepts;
3. use scientific units and simple algebra and demonstrate understanding of logarithms, exponentials, geometry and elementary calculus;
4. use basic IT systems effectively for data handling and presentation;
5. retrieve and manage information from appropriate sources including textbooks, journals and the internet;
6. communicate scientific information effectively in essay and scientific paper format;
7. be able to analyse data from experiments and draw sound conclusions about the underlying processes using their understanding of mathematics and statistics
8. show a deeper understanding of selected topics in biology and how data informs the topic.
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Two MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions) exams wks 15 and 30, contributing 25% each to the overall mark.
Coursework(contribution to the overall mark):
2 Maths on-line assessments: 2 x 6.25%
1 Essay: 6.25%
2 Statistics worksheets: 2 x 6.25%
1 Oral: 6.25%%
1 Scientific paper: 6.25%
1 Poster: 6.25%
Tutorial programme: 25%
Mixture of lectures, classes, practicals and tutorials.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Maths 1 on-line assessment |
|
14.2% |
| Coursework |
Maths 2 on-line assessment |
|
14.2% |
| Coursework |
Stats |
|
28.4% |
| Coursework |
Tutorial Essay |
|
14.4% |
| Coursework |
Tutorial Group Poster |
|
14.4% |
| Practical |
Tutorial Oral Presentation |
|
14.4% |
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Excluding tutors, Dr Gareth Jones, Prof Ian Colbeck, TBC
School Undergraduate Office, email: bsugoffice (Non essex users should add @essex.ac.uk to create the full email address)
No
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Dr Mark John Coleman
The University of East Anglia
Director of Teaching and Learning
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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