BB534: Seminars in Biology (5 ECTS)

STADS: 04013401

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is offered in the autumn semester.

Teacher responsible
Email: ams@biology.sdu.dk

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Comment:
AFLYST E15

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
The content of the courses BB525, BB526, BB510, BB530, BB531, BB511, BB509 + BMB530 must be known.

Course introduction
The learning goal of the course is firstly to achieve experience and training in reading and reviewing scientific literature and secondly to learn concretely about a specific scientific area of choice.

The introduction gives advice and methods for 1) searching, choosing, and reading scientific papers and monographies, i.e. literature from original peer reviewed journal articles to textbooks, 2) writing a report in review paper form following the rules for form, content, and references, and 3) presenting a scientific project/subject in written and oral form taking into consideration the audience and the conveyance of the most important “take-home” messages.

The training phase gives actual experience in the above, such that the expected learning outcome is having achieved competences described by 1), 2) and 3. Besides, the students will get training in evaluating written and oral presentations and in communicating this evaluation in a contructive way. Finally, the students will attain actual knowledge within the chosen scientific areas, in particular the one they work with themselves, but also those chosen by fellow students.

Expected learning outcome


Subject overview
Subjects covered will change from year to year. The course covers all biological subjects chosen by the participants. Most subjects will be within the focal research areas of the institute of Biology, enabling supervision by one of the researchers at the institute:

  1. Ecology
  2. Bio- geochemistry
  3. Physiology and ecotoxicology (ecological stress)
  4. Neuro- and sensory biology
  5. Biodemography

Subject outside the research profile of the Institute of Biology may also be chosen, if the student is prepared to seek supervision for outside the institute, or mainly work independently

Literature
There isn't any litterature for the course at the moment.

Website
This course uses e-learn (blackboard).

Prerequisites for participating in the exam
Attendance (min. 80%), evaluation by teacher on a pass/fail basis. (04013412)

Assessment and marking:

  1. Report and oral presentation (5 ECTS). Internal evaluation, Danish 7-mark scale. (04013402)
Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 2 hours
Skills training phase: 20 hours, hereof:
 - Tutorials: 20 hours

Educational activities Study phase: 30 hours

Language
This course is taught in Danish or English, depending on the lecturer. However, if international students participate, the teaching language will always be English.

Course enrollment
See deadline of enrolment.

Tuition fees for single courses
See fees for single courses.