
- UCAS course code
- B212
- UCAS institution code
- M20
BSc Pharmacology with a Modern Language / Course details
Year of entry: 2021
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Course unit details:
Project Literature Review
Unit code | BIOL30101 |
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Credit rating | 10 |
Unit level | Level 3 |
Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
Offered by | School of Biological Sciences |
Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Please see BIOL30030 course unit specification for further information.
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- Analyse key findings of journal articles; identify key issues
- Innovation/creativity
- Scope to interpret the findings of journal articles and/or link evidence together in novel explanations
- Project management
- Have to time collecting references, draw up a plan, obtain formative feedback and write the review - students have weeks 1-9 to do this
- Oral communication
- Optional opportunity to give an oral presentation on their Literature Review in final level tutorials during Semester 5
- Problem solving
- Demonstrate how different lines of evidence link together or combine to evaluate and form conclusions about a particular topic
- Research
- Research of primary and secondary literature sources, plus web-based searches
- Written communication
- The Literature Review is a stand-alone 10 credit unit comprising a written review
Assessment methods
Method | Weight |
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Dissertation | 100% |
Your Literature review should be submitted via Blackboard as an electronic PDF file. The deadline for handing in final reports is given on the front page of the final year handbook, or can be obtained from the Student Support Office. Details of Assessment and marking criteria can be found in the Guidelines to Literature Reviews and Projects document in Blackboard.
Feedback methods
Students completing a Literature Review can expect to receive formative feedback on an outline/plan plus a short extract (paragraph plus figure). When a Literature Review has been marked, written feedback can be viewed in Blackboard, and verbal feedback will be provided by your supervisor.
Study hours
Independent study hours | |
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Independent study | 100 |
Teaching staff
Staff member | Role |
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Ruth Grady | Unit coordinator |