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OL3004: UNDERSTANDING THE BODY: FINAL ASSESSMENT COURSE (2024-2025)

Last modified: 23 Jul 2024 11:01


Course Overview

This is the final assessment course for our Understanding the Body programme.

It brings together everything you’ve learned so far on the three courses that make up the programme:

What is the Body?

How Does the Body Use DNA as a Blueprint?

What Drives the Body?

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Term First Term Credit Points 10 credits (5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Fiona Campbell

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

This is the final assessment course for our Understanding the Body programme and is delivered 100% online.

To join this assessment course, you need to have completed the three online courses delivered via FutureLearn. that make up our Understanding the Body programme:

What is the Body?

How Does the Body Use DNA as a Blueprint?

What Drives the Body?

Through a series of tutor-led activities, you’ll have the opportunity to ask questions and work through exercises that apply the knowledge you’ve gained in the three previous courses. The assessment course brings together all your learning, helping you understand how all the parts of the body interlink and communicate to work effectively.


Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 30 August 2024 for 1st term courses and 20 December 2024 for 2nd term courses.

Summative Assessments

Class Test - Multiple Choice Questions

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 6 Feedback Weeks 7

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Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand how the body repairs and regulates itself.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the structure of the human body.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand how the body’s communication system works and individual components produce energy.
ProceduralApplyDemonstrate how all the parts of the body interlink and communicate to work effectively.

Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Oral Exam

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
Assessment Weeks 10,11,12 Feedback Weeks 14

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Feedback

Written feedback will be given to student following the exam.

Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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Course Learning Outcomes

Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
ProceduralApplyDemonstrate how all the parts of the body interlink and communicate to work effectively.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand how the body’s communication system works and individual components produce energy.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand the structure of the human body.
ConceptualUnderstandUnderstand how the body repairs and regulates itself.

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