1. Identify specialist topics relevant to your discipline and applicable to your future career prospects. Reflection

2. Critically evaluate topics at the forefront of your discipline.
Analysis

3. Demonstrate advanced knowledge of two specialist topics relevant to your subject discipline. Knowledge and Understanding, Learning

4. Communicate knowledge gained to peers in lecture and question/answer session.
Communication

1. Short review of eight specialist topics and a justification for choosing two for in depth research. Maximum 2500 words (20%). (Learning outcomes 1 and 2)

2. Presentation (20 minutes plus 10 minutes questions) Lecture-style presentation on the 2 specialist topics chosen for in depth research. (80%) (Learning outcomes 2, 3 and 4.) (FINAL ASSESSMENT

The module explores areas of specialism within your chosen area of study which are not covered elsewhere in the award. The modules will comprise student focused workshops and a series of presentations from award tutors and external speakers. The presentations will be supplemented with a discussion about the impact on this specialised area in today’s World. You will negotiate eight topics from the programme with guidance from an award tutor. After researching these topics you will choose two which you will study in more depth and which will form the topic for your assessment.

Student focused workshops will;
• Review material covered during L4 - L6 and how your theoretical knowledge and practical skills have developed at each Level.
• Identify specialist topics which will extend your theoretical knowledge.
• Reflect on how these specialist areas of knowledge will enhance your expertise and develop skills to match a person specification in your chosen field.
Examples of specialist topics include Big Data, advances in the biopharmaceutical industry, personalised medicine, implications of food manufacture on health, computational biology, the management of aquatic environments and aquaculture, impact of travel on health, quorum sensing, amongst others.

This module will help you to personalise the Award to your area of interest. You will explore specialist topics across your area of study and you will consider the impact of these topics in today’s World. Examples of specialist topics include Big Data, advances in the biopharmaceutical industry, personalised medicine, implications of food manufacture on health, computational biology, the management of aquatic environments and aquaculture, impact of travel on health, and quorum sensing, amongst others.

Learning strategies will include discussion workshops to identify relevant specialist topics, presentations and discussions from members of the academic team and external speakers, tutorials, and group work.

Information will be available from primary literature relevant to the subject discipline, National and International organisations (e.g Public Health England, World Health Organisation).