Curricular information is subject to change.
On completion of this module, students will be able to:
- understand the fundamental principles of producing high quality scientific writing;
- use these principles to evaluate their own work and give formative feedback on peer-written work;
- write a scientific biological literature review on a given topic.
| Student Effort Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Autonomous Student Learning | 113 |
| Lectures | 12 |
| Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
| Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment: Literature review on specific biological topic | Week 12 | n/a | Graded | No | 60 |
Yes |
| Continuous Assessment: Editing and re-submitting a previous piece of written work | Week 4 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Yes |
| Continuous Assessment: Peer-review exercise involving draft literature review work | Week 7 | n/a | Graded | No | 20 |
Yes |
| Resit In | Terminal Exam |
|---|---|
| Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback given to individual students on both pieces of continuous assessment - one of which will be a draft version of part of the final literature review. Class feedback given on these assignments to highlight common problems. Individual feedback on final, graded literature review also provided.
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Assoc Professor Jens Carlsson | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |