BIO600 Special Syllabus

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

• Ph.d.-program i teknologi og realfag

Undervisningsspråk

Norsk eller engelsk

Forkunnskapskrav

The student must be a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Engineering and Science or at a similar institution

Innhold

The candidate is free to suggest a body of literature within a research topic of interest and relevant to the PhD-project.

Læringsutbytte

This course is designed to provide candidates with in-depth knowledge and understanding within a research topic in a field relevant to the candidates PhD-project.
After completing the course, the student is expected to:

• have good knowledge about the state of the art within the selected topic

• be able to discuss and argue using the concepts of the topic

• understand the connection of the topic with related state-of-the-art topics

• have in-depth understanding of applications related to this topic

• apply the understanding of the topic to a research theme related to the students own specialization area

• be able to collect more relevant information in the selected topic

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

The content of the course must be approved by the PhD program committee for natural sciences, PECNAT at the Department of Natural Sciences.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Self-study. Workload per credit equals minimum 35 pages of scientific articles (excluding references), or minimum 50 pages of textbooks (excluding references), or minimum 27 hours of other relevant academic work (coding, modelling, lab work, etc.).

Eksamen

The examination form will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Normally, the examination will consist of either a 45-minute oral presentation, an oral examination, or a written essay, exploring the course content in relation to the candidate's thesis. Graded passed / fail. 

Annen informasjon

If you are going to take this course, you must contact PhD program responsible Ane Timenes Laugen