Current Trends in Biology
5 credits
Syllabus, Master's level, 1BG387
This course has been discontinued.
A revised version of the syllabus is available.
- Code
- 1BG387
- Education cycle
- Second cycle
- Main field(s) of study and in-depth level
- Biology A1N
- Grading system
- Fail (U), Pass (G)
- Finalised by
- The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 18 March 2010
- Responsible department
- Biology Education Centre
Entry requirements
Bachelor's degree including alt 1) 60 credits biology and 30 credits chemistry or 30 credits earth sciences; alt 2) 90 credits biology.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, the student should be able to
- account for current research trends within specialisation of the Master's programme
- participate actively in, lead and initiate discussions about recent papers
- analyse and review papers critically
Content
The course constitutes a 'journal club', where students within a specialisation of the Master's programme discuss recent papers.
Training to initiate and to lead scientific seminars.
Instruction
The teaching consists of seminars.
Assessment
To pass, it is required that the student has participated actively in the seminars. Each participant furthermore should choose papers for discussion and act as seminar leader by initiating and leading the discussion.