| CODE | MMB5010 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Dissertation | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 60 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is a research-based dissertation. Students may opt to either carry out research into the design and creation of new bioinformatics algorithms and/or applications, or use already existing algorithms to analyse available data sets in novel ways. Topics will be, primarily, proposed by supervisors. The student will be guided by their supervisor(s) into one of two areas: either 1) bioinformatics methods and software development and 2) data analysis of (real-world) molecular biology data. The student will submit a proposal early on, to make-sure whether they have made sufficient progress and throughly researched their area of study. The proposal will consist of the literature overview, and a proposed methodology (including evaluation and project plan) of the research moving forward. Once the dissertation is completed, the student will also be required to present their work in a viva and to write up their research in a paper format. Study-unit Aims: The research based dissertation is aimed at carrying out a research project that will entail: 1) The development of new tools or the application of existing tools to large data-sets; 2) Development of scientific skills by learning to collate, evaluate and analyse scientific data objectively in the context of scientific literature; 3) Write up research findings in the form of a dissertation. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Critically appraise scientific literature; - Create or apply bioinformatic tools; - Apply appropriate statistical techniques. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Critical thinking (ability to read, assess, contrast and criticize scientific literature); - Analyse data in a molecular biology setting; - Design a scientific study and execute it; - Test and evaluate scientific hypotheses; - Document scientific experiments; - Scientific writing (including publishing a paper and writing a dissertation); - Organise a bibliography (develop bibliographic skills); - Undertake rigorous, original and valid scientific research. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Scientific literature related to the specific research subject tackled in the dissertation. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | **September Assessment Session: Students who fail to obtain an overall pass mark will be re-examined in the Dissertation. However, the resit availability for the Oral Examination is at the discretion of the Board of Examiners. | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Dissertation | ||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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