Unit name | Advanced Programming |
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Unit code | BIOLM0035 |
Credit points | 10 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Matt Williams |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
Scientific programming, Statistics and R |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Biological Sciences |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
This a new unit that will introduce students to the theoretical and practical aspects of programming applied to scientific data. These include reading in data, processing it to answer simple questions and advanced data analysis techniques.
The aim of this unit will be to:
The Learning Outcomes (LOs) for this unit are:
A: Knowledge and Understanding:
B: Intellectual Skills/Attributes:
C: Other Skills /Attributes (Practical/Professional/Transferable):
The unit will be delivered through a mixture of short lectures followed by individual exercises with computers. Blackboard will be used engage students with the unit content.
A summative computer assessment will consist of a final computer task integrating all the learning objectives.