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BI2018: BIOLOGICAL ENHANCED SKILLS TRAINING (BEST) (2020-2021)

Last modified: 05 Aug 2021 13:04


Course Overview

The course will help you consolidate and develop skills in experimental design, sampling, analysis, presentation, and interpretation of data. You will be encouraged to seek to improve your academic writing and develop other transferable skills.

Each week, there is one 1-hour introductory lecture.  In two 2-hour sessions when will work through a series of computer-based data tasks, using relevant and realistic biological and environmental themes.

Teaching is informal and friendly. During sessions, staff will chat to you about your progress and provide help where necessary.

Assessments are two online multiple-choice tests (each 25%) and an individual project (50%).

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 2
Term First Term Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Martin Barker

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

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • One of BSc Biology (Studied) or BSc Conservation Biology (Studied) or BSc Zoology (Studied) or BSc Animal Ecology (Studied) or BSc Marine Biology (Studied) or BSc Animal Behaviour (Studied) or BSc Behavioural Biology (Studied) or MSci Biological Sciences (Studied) or BSc Biological Sciences (Honours) (Studied) or BSc Plant and Soil Sciences (Studied) or Bachelor Of Science In Environmental And Forest Management (Studied) or BSc Ecology (Studied) or BSc Wildlife Management (Studied) or BSc Forestry (Studied) or BSc Forest Sciences (Studied) or BSc Environmental Science (Studied)
  • Programme Level 2

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

The course will focus on a series of essential skills, associated with becoming an effective and successful biologist or environmental scientist. These enhanced skills include hypothesis formulation, experimental design, data distributions and probability, data handling descriptive and inferential statistics, and interpreting data in terms of biological or environmental science. The emphasis throughout will be on: Consolidating existing skills; developing new skills and preparing the way for Level 3 courses in SBS.






Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

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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

Project Report/Dissertation

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

Formative assessments students will be given automated feedback on tests in MyAberdeen.
Students will be given individual verbal feedback on their work during classes.
For online tests, generic feedback will be given to the class, and students will be given individual feedback on request. Written feedback will be provided on individual projects.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge LevelThinking SkillOutcome
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2x Online test (25% each)

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 50
Assessment Weeks Feedback Weeks

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Feedback

For online tests, generic feedback will be given to the class, and students will be given individual feedback on request. Written feedback will be provided on individual projects.

 
Learning Outcomes
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Re-submission of failed element

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Learning Outcomes
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Course Learning Outcomes

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