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2011/2 Provisional Module Catalogue - UNDER CONSTRUCTION & SUBJECT TO CHANGE
 Module Code: BMS3048 Module Title: RESEARCH PROJECT
Module Provider: Biosciences Short Name: BSPROJ
Level: HE3 Module Co-ordinator: ROBERTSON MD Dr (Biosciences)
Number of credits: 30 Number of ECTS credits: 15
 
Module Availability
Year
Assessment Pattern

The assessment of the project has three component modules (RP1, RP2 and RP3) that give rise to a single averaged mark to determine pass/failure/compensation.

 

 

Therefore your final project mark is the equivalent of two 15 credit modules

 

 

 

RP1:

 

 

·              Supervisor’s assessment of your performance, both practically and in formulating the literature review and use of resources (70%, or 100% for Nutrition programme students)

 

 

·               Agreed mark for the seminar presentation (30%, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Science programme students)

 

 

RP2:

 

 

·               The supervisor’s assessment of the thesis as a piece of scientific writing.

 

 

RP3:

 

 

·               The internal examiner’s assessment of the thesis as a piece of scientific writing. 

RP2 and RP3 Marking Criteria

 

 

Overall Rating

 

Criteria

 

% Mark Range

 

 

First Class

 

(Exceptional)

 

 

A comprehensive dissertation showing evidence of significant independent thought, originality and critical judgement.

 

A very well structured and written dissertation of literary quality

 

 

 

 

 

80 - 100

 

 

First Class

 

(Excellent)

 

 

A comprehensive dissertation showing evidence of thought independence, originality and critical judgement.

 

A well structured and written dissertation

 

 

 

 

70 - 79

 

 

Upper Second Class

 

 

A good pass. A sound dissertation with evidence of some critical ability and independent thought.

 

Well structured and written.

 

 

 

 

60 - 69

 

 

Lower Second Class

 

 

A satisfactory pass.

 

A reasonable dissertation with awareness of the main issues, but lacking in critical judgement. Some errors in dissertation layout.

 

 

 

 

 

50 - 59

 

 

Third Class

 

 

Acceptable standard. Dissertation lacks critical judgement.

 

Notable errors in dissertation layout and weak writing ability.

 

 

 

 

40 - 49

 

 

Poor

 

 

A weak dissertation, although some evidence of appreciation of the project objectives.

 

Lacking critical judgement. Notable errors in dissertation layout.

 

 

 

 

35 - 39

 

 

Weak Project

 

 

 

Dissertation is vague, skimpy and inaccurate.

 

Many written and layout errors.

 

 

 

25 - 34

 

 

Very weak dissertation

 

 

Very poor dissertation presentation and content.

 

Very little understanding of project objectives.

 

 

 

 

15 -24

 

 

Of little merit

 

 

Very poor dissertation presentation and content.

 

No understanding of project objectives.

 

 

 

 

0 - 14

 
Module Overview
Prerequisites/Co-requisites
Module Aims
  • To provide experience in information retrieval relevant to a specific topic of research
  • To acquire specific practical research skills
  • To develop the student's capacity for independent investigation
  • To develop written presentation skills

     
Learning Outcomes

On the successful completion of the project you should:

  • be able to use electronic databases to access information
  • be able to interpret and assess the relevance of scientific literature
  • have an increased capacity for independent research
  • have the ability to analyse and interpret research data
  • be able to write a detailed and well-constructed scientific report
Module Content

SUMMARY TIMETABLE

 

 

Semester One

 

 

Week 1:             Student project selection

 

 

Week 2:             Projects allocated to students

 

 

Week 3 - 15:

 

              ¿     Discussions with supervisor and planning of research

 

              ¿     COSHH assessment and assessment of need for Ethical Committee approval

 

              ¿     Literature searching and preparing the Introduction to dissertation

 

              ¿     Collation of research papers

 

              ¿     Establishing experimental techniques in the laboratory/field

 

 

Library Referencing Skills and Statistical training sessions will be held during the Autumn Semester

 

 

Please book your session on the library website

 

http://portal.surrey.ac.uk/library/finding/skills_timetable/skillsform

 

 

Useful online training and help is also available so all students can access support for referencing their dissertation

 

http://portal.surrey.ac.uk/library/finding/bibliographic_software

 

 

 

Semester Two

 

 

Weeks 1 - 9:     Main body of practical work carried out

 

                          Seminar presentation (Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biomedical Science)

 

                          Completion of Introduction to dissertation

 

                          Writing of Methods, Results, Discussion and References

 

 

Week 10:            Submission of dissertation (Nutrition)

 

Friday 10am - Week 10

 

 

Week 11:            Submission of dissertation (Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biomedical Science)

 

Monday 10am - Week 11

 
Methods of Teaching/Learning
Practical research project
Selected Texts/Journals
Last Updated
15 April 2011