Course Catalog 2010-2011
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Course Catalog 2010-2011

BIO-2906 Seminar in Biotechnology, 5 cr

Person responsible

Jaakko Puhakka, Marika Nissilä, Matti Karp, Nina Virolainen

Lessons

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures

 

 
 2 h/week
+2 h/week

 
BIO-2906 2010-01 Monday 10 - 12, FB118
Monday 12 - 15, FC117

Requirements

Participation in seminars (at least 80 %), accepted written and oral presentation and acting as an opponent for another student.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After passing the course the student will have the ability to compose a literature survey following the principles of scientific writing. The student can perform information searches for reference material. Of these chosen scientific research articles the student can draw conclusions and summarize data to compile a literature review. Oral presentation skills will also be learned as the students present their seminar topics and conclusions in seminar meetings. The student will also learn to comment and criticize scientific text as the students act as opponents to each other during the seminars. The course will prepare students for writing their Master's thesis.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Information search and classification   Use of various search engines   
2. Interpretation and application of retrieved information   Project scheduling   
3. Compiling a literature review, drawing conclusions and discussing them in writing   Use of programs in reporting and visualizing of information and data    
4. Oral presentation skills, preparing an oral presentation   Use of programs in reporting and visualizing of information and data    
5. Acting as opponent, evaluation of text produced by others     

Evaluation criteria for the course

The grade (0-5) will be determined by the quality and thoroughness of the literature survey, and how well it reflects the principles of scientific writing. The skills shown in written reporting are of importance. The quality of preparing the oral presentation also affects the grade. Also, the profundity of evaluating and familiarizing oneself with the literature survey the student is acting as an opponent to will affect the grade. Meeting the schedule set for writing the seminar paper is of high importance. A good understanding the core content will suffice to a grade 3. In order to earn a grade 4 or 5 the student will have to have a good or excellent understanding of supplementary knowledge.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Study material

Type Name Author ISBN URL Edition, availability, ... Examination material Language
Other online content   OPINNÄYTETYÖN KIRJOITTAMINEN TAMPEREEN TEKNILLI-SESSÄ YLIOPISTOSSA   TTY            Suomi  
Other online content   THESIS WRITING AT THE TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   TUT            English  

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
BIO-2906 Seminar in Biotechnology, 5 cr 5902043 Seminar in Biotechnology, 3 cu  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
BIO-2906 2010-01       Contact teaching: 24 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 76 %  

Last modified19.08.2010