Unit name | Fundamentals of Molecular Microbiology |
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Unit code | PANM10003 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | C/4 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Murillo Cabeza |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine |
Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
The unit provides students a thorough grounding in microbiology, covering the basic biology of viruses, fungi and bacteria, and focusing on genetics and genomics, how genetic variability arises and how genetic information is processed into important phenotypic characteristics including structural diversity, metabolic diversity and virulence.
Unit aims:
To provide students with information about:
To help students develop their essay writing, and data interpretation skills.
At the end of the unit a successful student will be able to:
Online delivery of lectures and exercises
Practicals and/or online practicals supported by eBiolabs
Practical write up (20%)
eBiolabs prelab quizzes and postlab assignments (10%)
Mid-unit test (10%)
Examination (January) (60%)
The exams will cover learning outcomes 1-8.
Formative assessment:
For formative purposes students will receive feedback as follows:
Unit assessment marks will be provided before the end of Teaching Block 1 and feedback will be available from the Unit Director on request.
A breakdown of marks for the exam will be provided and additional feedback will be provided by the Unit Director on request.
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How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.