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PA3802: MECHANISMS OF DISEASE AND PRINCIPLES OF CHEMOTHERAPY (2023-2024)

Last modified: 31 Jul 2023 11:35


Course Overview

The course is designed to give the students a basic understanding of the mechanisms of disease.

  • by understanding the process of a disease we can find ways of both treating it and/or preventing it;
  • this course uses the examples of cancer, infectious disease and inflammatory disease to illustrate this;
  • the factors leading to or causing the disease will be described;
  • using this knowledge the way in which the drugs used to treat the disease work will be discussed;
  • problems that arise from drug treatment such as drug resistance will also be covered

Course Details

Study Type Undergraduate Level 3
Session Second Sub Session Credit Points 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits)
Campus Aberdeen Sustained Study No
Co-ordinators
  • Dr Ian Fleming

Qualification Prerequisites

  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4

What courses & programmes must have been taken before this course?

  • Any Undergraduate Programme (Studied)
  • Either Programme Level 3 or Programme Level 4
  • One of BI20M3 Molecular Biology of the Gene (Passed) or BI25M6 Energy for Life (Passed) or BI25M7 Energy for Life (Passed) or BSc Neuroscience with Psychology or BSc in Neuroscience with Psychology (Intercalating) or MSci Neuroscience with Psychology & in Pl't

What other courses must be taken with this course?

None.

What courses cannot be taken with this course?

None.

Are there a limited number of places available?

No

Course Description

A series of lectures covering cancer, immunology, antiviral and antimicrobial agents, cancer pathology and genetics.


Contact Teaching Time

Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.

Teaching Breakdown

  • 2 Lectures during University weeks 31, 35
  • 1 Lecture during University weeks 32, 34
  • 3 Lectures during University week33
  • 1 Practical during University week31

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Details, including assessments, may be subject to change until 31 August 2023 for 1st half-session courses and 22 December 2023 for 2nd half-session courses.

Summative Assessments

2 Essay Type Questions

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Lab Report: Individual

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 15
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Essay

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 15
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Feedback Word Count 1000
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Formative Assessment

There are no assessments for this course.

Resit Assessments

Resit of any failed element(s)

Assessment Type Summative Weighting 100
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