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
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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:
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