Study Guide 2015-2016

KEB-23786 Pilot Project in Biotechnology, 5 cr

Additional information

Students are encouraged to form small groups (3-4 persons, preferably including both Finnish and international students) and after that to contact responsible persons for further information. Two or more annual meetings will be organized to monitor the proceeding of projects and initiate new students to the course. Presence in these meetings is mandatory. Students will be informed of the meeting dates.
Suitable for postgraduate studies

Person responsible

Matti Karp

Lessons

Implementation 1: KEB-23786 2015-02

Study type P1 P2 P3 P4 Summer
Lectures
 1 h/week
+1 h/week
+1 h/week
+1 h/week

 

Requirements

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

Learning Outcomes

After passing the course the student will have developed and improved various skills depending on their pilot project assignment. Group working skills are especially implemented as the course comprises of an assignment carried out by a group of students. The assignments are small co-operation projects between TUT and the industry, a company or research institute, and cover a broad spectrum of biotechnology. The project can be either a literature survey, practical laboratory work or an interview, or a combination of these. The student will attain skills in independent planning, managing, organizing and executing of a project. By writing a scientific report the student will learn to summarize, rationalize and explain the findings and ideas developed during the project. Oral presentation skills will also be learned as the students present and explain their findings in a seminar.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Project planning, management and execution   Project scheduling   
2. Co-working skills amongst a group as well as with the project contractor   Biotechnology industry and companies, biotechnology research in the Tampere area   
3. Scientific reporting of project results   Use of programs in reporting and visualizing of project results and ideas    
4. Oral presentation skills      

Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes

The grade (0-5) will be determined by the extent of self-initiative, diligence and activeness of the student. Also, meeting the schedule set for the project is of high importance. The quality and thoroughness of the report and oral presentation also affect the grade. 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 complementary knowledge.

Assessment scale:

Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Additional information about prerequisites
Students are expected to prove that they are able to write a scientific report by shoving a report written by them from previous studies.

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Last modified 10.03.2015