Unit information: Fieldcourse or Laboratory Workshop in 2010/11

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Unit name Fieldcourse or Laboratory Workshop
Unit code BIOL20009
Credit points 10
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Emeritus Professor. Franks
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

Biology, Botany, Zoology, Psychology/Zoology or Geology/Biology honours programmes.

Co-requisites

None

School/department School of Biological Sciences
Faculty Faculty of Life Sciences

Description including Unit Aims

A period of concentrated work lasting between 5-7 days during which students have no other learning committments.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Students completing this course will be able to demonstrate an understanding of how to proceed in genuinely novel scientific research and how to present such work both in a seminar and as a written paper.

Teaching Information

A period of concentrated work lasting between 5-7 days during which students have no other learning commitments.

Assessment Information

The unit mark will be based on attendance at the course/workshop.

Reading and References

Text books, research monographs, reviews and primary papers.