APPENDIX E: ASSIGNMENT BRIEFING – EXAMPLE
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMMES
SUMMATIVE IN-COURSE ASSESSMENT BRIEFING
Unit code Unit title Integrated Pathology Title of assignment (and weighting %) Case Study (40%) (2CWK40) Name of staff setting assignment Date assignment set September during the unit launch. Submission deadline A mark of zero will be applied to late coursework.
Submission instructions
The disease report must be submitted online as a single file (maximum size 20Mb) through Turnitin, via the assignment submission link on the Moodle unit page. All reports will be checked for similarity but the similarity scores will not be made available to the students. A standardised marking scheme will be used to assess this coursework, and this is also available in the Moodle unit area.
Learning outcomes tested in this assignment
There are five learning outcomes for this unit. L01, L02, L03 and L05 are tested in this assignment:
LO1. Investigate, analyse and evaluate laboratory aspects of disease
LO2. Integrate the specialist areas of biomedical science into the context of a coherent case study approach
LO3. Evaluate the mechanisms responsible for disease and disorders in the human body
LO4. Review the functions of selected organ systems and the effects of disease processes
LO5. Apply an independent and critical approach to biomedical science
