Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2016
 
TFBI24 Biotechnology - Bachelor Project, 18 ECTS credits.
/Kandidatprojekt bioteknik/

For:   I   Ii  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 164
Rec. self-study hours: 316

  Area of Education: Technology

Main field of studies: Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2

Aim:
After completing the course the student should be able to
  • Systematically integrate and use their knowledge acquired during their studies to solve a problem within the field of molecular biotechnology.
  • Learn and benefit from reading relevant professional literature within the field and relate their own work to it.
  • Identify important and relevant questions within the field.
  • Apply and respect the given time-frames for the project.
  • Search, identify and evaluate relevant scientific literature.
  • Within a group; plan, execute and report a project within the field of molecular biotechnology-
  • Express herself/himself professionally in writing and in oral.
  • Critically evaluate and discuss a presented project in writing and in oral.
  • Develop, analyse and evaluate technical solutions within the field of molecular biotechnology.
  • Perform project evaluations within the field of molecular biotechnology that involves relevant scientific, ethical and societal aspects.


Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)


Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.

Organisation:
The course consists of seminars and a project. The project is done independently in the setting of group. A supervisor and a examiner are assigned to each project group. Each student is expected to take full responsibility for the execution and report of the project. The project will be presented in a written report and also in an oral presentation. Each student will also take part in the opposition on the project presentation of another group.

Course contents:
The course includes seminars with focus on fundamental principles of molecular biotechnology and basic laboratory techniques. The course will conclude with seminars where the project groups present their projects. The specific course content for each project group will be decided in discussions with the supervisor.

Course literature:
The course literature will be presented later on the home page. The course literature will partly be decided individually for each project group.

Examination:
Project assignment, written report
Oral presentation
Opposition
Seminar assignments
Reflection documnet
13 ECTS
2 ECTS
1 ECTS
1 ECTS
1 ECTS
 
Grades are given as �?TFail�?T or �?TPass�?T.



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IFM.
Director of Studies: Agneta Johansson
Examiner: Johan Edqvist

Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 08/27/2015