| Unit name | Extended Research Project |
|---|---|
| Unit code | BIOCM0015 |
| Credit points | 60 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 4 (weeks 1-24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Szczelkun |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
BIOC30002 - Research Training |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
BIOCM0016 – Science and Society and any two of: BIOCM0017 – Synthetic Biology BIOCM0018 - Protein Assemblies and Molecular Machines BIOCM0019 - Cell Biology of Development and Disease |
| Units you may not take alongside this one |
None |
| School/department | School of Biochemistry |
| Faculty | Faculty of Life Sciences |
Why is this unit important?
This unit will give students the opportunity to spend up to 16 weeks on an individual research project supervised by a member of academic staff. Students will complete an extended literature review as part of their project and will be expected to attend research group meetings and present their findings to other members of the research group. Students will gain data interpretation and analysis skills and will write up their experimental findings as a dissertation.
How does this unit fit into your programme of study?
Students on MSci degree programmes undertake the Extended Research Project unit as part of their final year of study. The unit will extend the research experience gained in the third year of study and enable students to develop and demonstrate independent research skills.
An overview of content
Students undertake a supervised research project during the whole of Teaching Block 1, beginning with a project proposal. A project dissertation is submitted in Teaching Block 2.
How will students, personally, be different as a result of the unit?
After engaging with the unit, students should have:
Learning Outcomes
Learning on this unit directly addresses components of the Bristol Skills Profile, including:
Supervised project work, supervisor/student meetings
Tasks which help you learn and prepare you for summative tasks (formative):
Tasks which count towards your unit mark (summative):
The components that make up the unit assessment are:
To earn credit for this unit you must normally have made a reasonable attempt at each of the components of the unit assessment. A reasonable attempt requires a student to have undertaken the assessment activity and engaged with its purpose in the academic judgement of the relevant Unit Director, or nominee.
When assessment does not go to plan
Where required, a reassessment normally involves a second attempt at the same form of assessment.
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. BIOCM0015).
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 University 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. For appropriate assessments, if you have self-certificated your absence, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (for assessments at the end of TB1 and TB2 this is usually in the next re-assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any exceptional circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
