MBiol, BSc Biology with Enterprise (Integrated Masters)

Year 2

(Award available for year: Diploma of Higher Education)

Learning outcomes

On completion of the year/programme students should have provided evidence of being able to:
- demonstrate a broad understanding of the concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features in a range of aspects of biology;
- apply generic and subject specific intellectual qualities to standard situations outside the context in which they were originally studied;
- evaluate forms of entrepreneurship and enterprising activity in relation to economic and societal outcomes on local and global levels;
- apply relevant enterprise development processes, related to appropriate personal, industry and subject-specific issues
- appreciate and employ the main methods of enquiry in applied biology and critically evaluate the appropriateness of different methods of enquiry;
- use a range of techniques to initiate and undertake the analysis of data and information;
- adjust to professional and disciplinary boundaries;
- effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis in a variety of forms.

Transferable (key) skills

Students will have had the opportunity to acquire, as defined in the modules specified for the programme:
- skills in data analysis, interpretation and presentation;
- skills in information handling, including finding information from appropriate sources, selecting relevant information and using information to solve problems;
- skills in communicating information in various formats to a range of audiences;
- skills such as organisational and self management skills necessary for the exercising of personal responsibility
- teamwork skills;
- commercial awareness;
- decision making;
- appreciate their strengths and weaknesses as learners, and proactively address learning needs;

Assessment

Achievement will be assessed by a variety of methods in accordance with the learning outcomes of the modules specified for the year/programme and will include:
- demonstrating the ability to apply a broad range of aspects/competencies of Biology with Enterprise to complex, albeit standard, situations and simple, albeit novel or atypical, instances;
- work that is often descriptive in nature but drawing on a wide variety of material;
- demonstrating basic professional competencies relevant to Biology with Enterprise;
- the ability to evaluate and criticise received opinion;