ID2005
Scientific Thinking
2017-2018
15
7
SCQF level 8
1
Academic year(s): 2017-2018
SCOTCAT credits : 15
ECTS credits : 7
Level : SCQF level 8
Semester: 1
Planned timetable:
This module provides an overview of the rationale, methods, history & philosophy of science and is a more detailed, 15-credit version of ID2003. We explore the different definitions of science, the distinction between science and non-science, the design of experiments, errors in reasoning, critical thinking, personal experience & science, the grammar of graphics, the process of science, peer review, research reproducibility, data cataloguing, the treatment of anomalies & outliers, and ethics. The module is collaboratively taught by staff from a number of Schools of the University providing a useful methodological background for all science students.
Anti-requisite(s): You cannot take this module if you take ID2003
Weekly contact: 3 x 1-hour lectures (x 11 weeks), 1-hour tutorials (x 8 weeks), 1-hour seminar (x 1 week) 2-hour practical (x 1 week), 6 hours film/video viewing in total.
Scheduled learning hours: 50
Guided independent study hours: 100
As used by St Andrews: 1.75-hour Written Examination = 50%, Coursework = 50%
As defined by QAA
Written examinations : 50%
Practical examinations : 0%
Coursework: 50%
Re-assessment: 2-hour Written Examination = 100%
Module coordinator: Dr C G M Paxton
Module teaching staff: Team taught