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Course Catalog 2011-2012
BIO-2906 Seminar in Biotechnology, 5 cr |
Person responsible
Jaakko Puhakka, Matti Karp
Lessons
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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 and 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:
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 |
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
| Implementation | Description | Methods of instruction | Implementation |
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Contact teaching: 24 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 76 % |