Code
CLS6006-B
Credits
20
Graduate Attributes
Syllabus
The module will consist of a number of advanced topic units, each of which will contain a series of lectures supported by a seminar - discussion of recent papers. Students will attend lectures, and seminars and undertake additional reading on at least five of these advanced topic units chosen based on their specific interests and career pathways.
Lecture
33
Seminar
22
Private Study
145
Unit Learning Outcomes
- 1 Understand current research taking place at the University of Bradford, with reference to their subject interests and career intentions.
- 2 Critically analyse and evaluate experimental data presented in the primary scientific literature to select and explain key complex aspects, which are at the forefront of the discipline
- 3 Demonstrate an effective self-management of workload, time and resources to gather, critically analyse and describe scientific information.
Course Learning Outcomes
- 22 Critically analyse and interpret current and future trends and developments in science and healthcare provision in a socioeconomic and global context.
- 23 Understand and demonstrate coherent and detailed subject knowledge informed by recent research/scholarship in medical & clinical sciences.
- 26 Critically analyse and present findings from relevant literature and experimental data using independent learning skills with an appreciation of the uncertainty ambiguity and limits of knowledge.
Assessment Breakdown
Advanced Topics introduces students to a range of research topics in the broad field of medical science, physiology, health and biomedical science. The topics presented will reflect current developments across the subject of medical and clinical sciences and exploit the current collective expertise of the School's academic and research staff. In each topic lecturers will present current thinking and research findings, referring students to the research literature.