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Research and Professional Practice

Course code

B91RP

Course type

Taught

Level

Level 11

Credits

Senior course leader

Rachel Sutherland

Department

Bioscience

Course Aims

The aim of this course is to allow students to develop and plan a research project that is relevant to scientific and industrial developments in the field. In addition to this they will explore professional skills related to their field of study.

Learning Outcomes

Outcome	Category (see details below)
Critically appraise experimental information with appropriate validation against developed theory or published works Define a research problem and design a programme of work to address the problem Understand how research principles can apply to business.	POT1
Project design and planning Understand and demonstrate the industrial and scientific significance and applicability of the work	POT3

Learning outcome categories

POT1: Understanding, Knowledge and Cognitive Skills
POT2: Scholarship, Enquiry and Research (Research-Informed Learning)
POT3: Industrial, Commercial and Professional Practice
POT4: Autonomy, accountability and working with others
POT5: Communication, Numeracy and ICT

Course Availability

This course is available at the following locations:

Location	Study Period
Edinburgh	January (Semester 2)
Online	January (Semester 2)

Related programmes

This course can be taken as part of the following programmes:

Programme Code	Title
B1A7-ASI	Analytical Sciences for the Biosciences Industries, MSc
B1A5-ASI	Analytical Sciences for the Biosciences Industries, PgDip
B947-BRD	Brewing and Distilling, MSc
B945-BRD	Brewing and Distilling, PgDip
B901-BRD	Brewing and Distilling with Entrepreneurship, MSc
B946-BRD	Brewing and Distilling with Entrepreneurship,, PgDip

Course Version: 2.0