Course Catalog 2008-2009
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Course Catalog 2008-2009

BIO-2906 Seminar in Biotechnology, 5 cr

Course´s person responsible

Jaana Lappi, Jaakko Puhakka, Matti Karp, Nina Virolainen

Implementations

  Lecture times and places Target group recommended to
Implementation 1    


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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Objectives

The seminar aims at advancing the knowledge in biotechnology and focuses on the understanding of the structure and content 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 or biomeasurements.     


Evaluation criteria for the course

Participation in seminars, accepted written and oral presentation and acting as an opponent.

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

  Description Methods of instruction Implementation
Implementation 1 Students will perform an independent literature search and write a literature review according to the seminar instructions indicated in the course material. The written review needs to be approved by the instructor prior to oral presentation in given schedule.       Contact teaching: 0 %
Distance learning: 0 %
Self-directed learning: 0 %  


Last modified22.01.2009
ModifierNina Virolainen