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Course Catalog 2011-2012
BME-4156 Biodegradable Polymers Laboratory Course, 5 cr |
Additional information
This course is part of the master's studies and is meant for students studying biomaterials or tissue engineering as their major. This course is recommended for the students who will be doing their master's thesis in this field.
This course won't be arranged for less than 10 students. If the number of students needs to be limited, the students with more studies from the field of biomaterials or tissue engineering will be prioritized.
Person responsible
Minna Kellomäki
Lessons
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Requirements
Accepted laboratory work, results reported as a poster presentation and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, student is able to prepare samples of biodegradable polymers. Student knows how to work in clean room conditions. Student can summarize common things about sterilizing and packaging. Student has examined polymer degradation by hydrolysis test series and mechanical properties and can perform different characterization methods to study biodegradable polymers. Student can calculate results, collect them and analyze their meaning. Students have created a poster presentation as a group work, criticized their own results and evaluated the work of other groups.
Evaluation criteria for the course
Grades 1-2: Learning outcomes have been achieved. Satisfactory command in core content of the course. Grades 3-4: Some learning outcomes have been exceeded qualitatively or quantitatively. Good command in core content and complementary knowledge of the course. Good or very good marks from all parts of the course. Grade 5: Most of the learning outcomes have been exceeded. Deep command in the whole content of the course. Almost maximum performance in all parts of the course.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| BME-4106 Biodegradable Polymers | Mandatory | 1 |
1 . BME-4106 can be replaced by BIOM-1406 or BIOM-1400
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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