Course Catalog 2008-2009 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Matti Karp, Jukka Lekkala, Olli Yli-Harja

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1

Requirements

Participation in group works, seminars, accepted written of the report and oral presentations.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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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.

Additional information

The student has to agree on the topic with the teachers before March 1st. 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.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1

Last modified	18.06.2008
Modifier	Saila Kallioinen