- Course Code
- PA 3802
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr H M Wallace
Pre-requisites
BI 20M3, BI 25M6, CM 2008 and CM 2512 highly recommended.
Notes
The practical work required in this course may pose difficulties to some students with disabilities. If this arises alternative arrangements will be made available. Any student wishing to discuss this further should contact the School Disability Co-ordinator.
Overview
The course details aspects of chemotherapy; including antibiotics; antiviral agents; cancer chemotherapy and drug resistance; mechanisms of carcinogenesis; the roles of mediators of inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs.
Structure
6 week course - 3 one-hour lectures per week, 1 one-hour seminar, 1 eight hour laboratory session.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 ninety-minute written examination paper (75%) and in-course assessment - one laboratory report (10%), one 1000 word essay (10%) and a presentation (5%).
Resit: written examination (100%).