Aims of the Course
The course is designed to provide students with an understanding both of the
fundamentals and of recent and current research on the structure of proteins.
All teaching for the course will take place on the Internet and students will
be given weekly work assignments, self-assessment exercises and tutorials by
email and MOOs. In addition to the course tutors,
students have access to discussions with a wide range of
people acting as course consultants both at Birkbeck College
and at other institutions worldwide, who have particular expertise and
interests. Students are organized into email discussion groups and informal
and wide-ranging discussion is encouraged between students, tutors and
consultants.
Course Requirements
We expect students to spend at least 6 hours a week on work related to the
course, which will include working on course material, textbooks or
other works in the scientific literature, discussions and tutorials and other
tasks such as installing and testing software. Each student will need to
provide himself or herself with access to suitable
computing facilities (usually a PC or workstation),
including graphical capability, and access to the Internet. Advice on this
can be provided during the Registration period.
Students are welcome to study the course without taking the written examination. Students are eligible for a Certificate of Participation provided they either submit a satisfactory project or pass the written examination.
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