IAFA501: Individual study activity in Pharmacy (5 ECTS)

STADS: 03500101

A supervisor contract and project statement must be submitted. This must take place no later than one week after the semester has started, but it is recommended, that it is submitted as soon as possible after registration.

Fill in and submit: Supervisor contract for students with a major from the Faculty of Science 

Fill in and submit: Supervisor contract for students with a minor from the faculty of science and majored from another faculty

Be aware that it is not possible to fill in the form after deadline of submission, since the application system will shut down. The system will reopen in connection with the next course registration, then you can fill out the form for the next semester.

Level
Bachelor course

Teaching period
The course is held twice a year, once in the autumn semester and once in the spring semester.

Teacher responsible
No responsible teachers found, contact the department if necessary

Timetable
There is no timetable available for the chosen semester.

Prerequisites:
None

Academic preconditions:
You can only register for this course by prior agreement with a supervisor.

Course introduction
This course is designed to introduce the student to the basics of conducting a research project. The student should learn how to identify and formulate a research problem (along with the help of a supervisor), and once formulated, how to solve it. The specific research problem may fall within any area of pharmacy, and the research required to solve it can be based on e.g. laboratory experiments, theoretical mathematical modelling or literature review. Under all circumstances, whether the research is based on experimentation or observation, it will be important for the student to become comfortable with searching and using the scientific literature in support of the research.

Expected learning outcome
The course will give the students a basic understanding of how to formulate and conduct a research problem. The student should be able to:

• With the help of a supervisor, define a research problem.
• Search, with keywords, scientific literature databases for other work whose results support the student’s research project.
• Evaluate the pertinent scientific literature.
• Conduct e.g. laboratory experiments, theoretical modeling or literature review, as necessary to solve the research problem (if a laboratory project is chosen).
• Analyze data as relevant for addressing the research problem.
• Write a report in the structure of a scientific paper.
  The report should contain:
• An introduction which:
  1) provides background and rationale for the chosen research problem,
  2) includes a summary of previous work in the area of the research and
  3) provides a clear statement of the specific problem to be researched.
• A method section describing the methods to be used. 
• A results section presenting the results of the research (whether literature or laboratory based).
• A discussion section where the results are discussed and evaluated.

Subject overview
Research projects may be conducted in any area within the field of pharmacy, as coordinated with a supervisor within the Faculty of Science or the Faculty of Health.

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
None

Assessment and marking:

1. Report. Evaluated on a pass/fail basis by internal censorship. (5 ECTS). (03500102).

The project advisor will evaluate the student, based on a written report that describes the results of the research project.

Deadline: Projects carried out in fall-semester must be handed in 31 January; projects carried out in spring-semester must be handed in 31 July.

Deadline for handing in projects in the reexam period for winter examination is 1 march at the latest. Deadline for handing in projects in the reexam period for summer examination is 31 august.

Expected working hours
The teaching method is based on three phase model.

Projektarbejde.

5 ECTS svarer til en arbejdsbelastning på cirka 125 timer.

Educational activities

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.