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2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

BMSC1110 Foundations of Biomedical Sciences

40 creditsClass Size: 200

Module manager: Professor Anne King
Email: a.e.king@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally A level Biology

Co-requisites

BMSC1103Basic Laboratory and Scientific Skills

Module replaces

BMSC1101BMSC1102

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

By the end of this module, students should have a basic understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the main body systems, together with how pathology and pharmacology can alter them.

Learning outcomes
By the end of this module, students will understand, and be able to describe, the structure and function of body components, and how they interact, at a basic level.

Skills outcomes
One of the key aims of this module is to help students move to a university-style approach to learning, with personal responsibility for organising their learning, and using a number of resources to synthesise an understanding of the subject material.


Syllabus

- Structure of the human body.
- Main functions and characteristics of the main body systems.
- Basic biochemistry and molecular biology.
- An introduction to the concepts underpinning pharmacology, and some elementary examples.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
In Course Assessment21.002.00
Class tests, exams and assessment101.0010.00
Lecture551.0055.00
Tutorial51.005.00
Independent online learning hours50.00
Private study hours278.00
Total Contact hours72.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)400.00

Private study

Independent online learning: A range of resources from the 'Interactive Physiology' and 'PhysioEx' series will be used to back up lecture material.

Students will fill in workbooks each week, based on lectures, online material, and private reading. Understanding will be checked by weekly online formative tests, for which feedback will automatically be provided, and in tutorials.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Weekly on-line formative tests and fortnightly tutorials related to worksheets, will ensure satisfactory progress throughout the module. Module manager and lecturers will be notified of students failing such assessments, so that additional support can be provided. Conditional release of support material, based on completion of each week's test, will ensure student involvement.

Summative MCQ exam in week 7.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
In-course MCQIn-course MCQ10.00
In-course MCQIn-course MCQ10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)20.00

This module will run in parallel with BMSC1103, which will provide the practical material to support the theoretical knowledge provided in this module.


Exams
Exam typeExam duration% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)2 hr 40.00
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)2 hr 40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)80.00

Exams in January should be scheduled at least 1 week apart.

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 23/01/2018

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