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BIOB1000 Introduction to the Profession of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Introduksjon til bioingeniørprofesjonen
Study programme
Bachelor’s Programme in Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
Weight
5.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

In order to be permitted to take the exam, the following must have been approved:

  • a minimum of 90 per cent attendance in laboratory teaching
  • an individual digital test

Required preliminary courses

Supervised individual written exam, 4 hours.

Learning outcomes

Grade scale A-F.

Content

The course consists of the following subject areas, specified below as the number of credits:

  • Ethics, profession and health legislation: 3 credits
  • Communication and interaction: 2 credits

Teaching and learning methods

All answers are assessed by one examiner. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Course requirements

The course consists of the following subject areas, specified below as the number of credits:

  • General chemistry: 7.5 credits
  • Chemical analysis principles: 2 credits
  • Measurement uncertainty: 0.5 credits

Assessment

  • 7 credits overlap with the course BIO1100 Fundamentals of Biomedical: Analysis - Chemistry, Analytical Techniques and Statistics
  • 10 credits overlap with the course BIOB1100 Chemistry - The Basis for Biomedical Analysis

Permitted exam materials and equipment

No aids are permitted.

Grading scale

Pass/fail

Examiners

All answers are assessed by two examiners. An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Overlapping courses

5 credits overlap with the course BIO1000 The Foundation and Basis of the Health Professions.