Course Catalog 2007-2008

BIO-2786 PILOT PROJECT IN BIOTECHNOLOGY, 5 cr
Pilot Project in Biotechnology

Courses persons responsible
Matti Karp
Nina Virolainen

Lecturers
Matti Karp
Minna Kellomäki
Jukka Lekkala
Olli Yli-Harja

Objectives
The Project aims at advancing the interaction between students participating the Finnish speaking Biotechnology education programme and International Master¿s degree programme in Science and Bioengineering. The students will form groups of 2 to 4 persons from different major subjects (Signal processing, Biomeasurement and information technologies, Biomaterials and Environmental biotechnology B as well as Biotechnology, Nanotechnology and Biomeasurements majors) to make pilot projects of various sort in broad areas related to Biotechnology and Bioengineering. The work can be either literature survey, hired contract work from the industry, laboratory practicals or interview and even a combination of all these. Students will write a report of the outcomes of the project and express their findings in a seminar. They will gain broad knowledge in biotechnology and focus on the understanding of the structure and contents of scientific publications, in writing a literature review and oral presentation skills in English.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. The student familiarizes with special issues related to environmental biotechnology, tissue engineering, computational systems biology, nanotechnologies or biomeasurements.        

Requirements for completing the course
Participation in group works, seminars, accepted written of the report and oral presentations.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Prerequisites
    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    Sufficient studies in major subject

    Remarks

    Group work in various times and places in the end of the forth year (international MSc students 1st year). The cource takes place in 5th period as intensive cource.

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 20 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 70 %

  • Description of the course implementation from ICT point of view

    • The student will have several personal meetings with the instructors.

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Seminar reports 60
    Other contact teaching 73
    Total sum 133

    Principles and starting points related to the instruction and learning of the course

  • Students multidisciplinary independent and assisted work in various and changing items related to modern biotechnology (see the institutes web page).

    • Additional information related to course
    The student has to agree on the topic with the teachers before March 1st.

    Last modified 22.08.2007
    Modified bySaila Kallioinen