BIOB1100 Chemistry - The Basis for Biomedical Analysis Course description

At the end of the course the student has obtained the following learning outcome:

Knowledge

The student

• has knowledge of central tendencies in the organization and aims of current development assistance, regarding:

• new actors in international aid
• aid and the Sustainable Development Goals
• the integration of international aid with other global concerns ("environmentalization" and "securitization")
• the "marketization" of aid
• the effects of aid in recipient countries

Skills

The student

• has the ability to analyse and compare current ideas and strategies for development assistance
• has the ability to analyse the interplay between different actors in development programmes
• can analyse the effects of aid in recipient countries

General competence

The student

• is able to formulate central issues regarding overall development objectives and strategies and modalities to achieve them
• is able to discuss how development assistance and its organization may impact positively as well as negatively negatively on recipient countries

There will be lectures and teacher-led seminars. Students are expected to participate actively in group work and discussions during seminars (the seminars are compulsory).

Activities with compulsory attendance

It is compulsory to attend the seminars. These are considered essential for developing skills and general competence, as they give the students the opportunity to verbalize, analyze and discuss key issues of the course. The group work on which the seminars are based require that the majority of students are present.

Students with undocumented absence from more than 25 % of these seminars cannot take the exam. Students who have attended less than 75 % of the seminars, but can document valid compelling reasons for all the absences, will have to submit a written paper on a given theme as compensation in order to be able to take the exam. The length of the paper shall be in the range of 2,000-5,000 words, depending on the number of seminars missed.

Students shall also take part in online discussions on Canvas, on topics from the course. Each student is required to post at least four contributions of a minimum of 50-100 words each. Taking part in an online discussion of the course contents ensures the active involvement of the students with the issues the course deals with, and thus enhances learning. Information on deadlines for posting and questions to respond to will be given at the start of the course. If a deadline is not met, the student will be given a new deadline. However, unless all four posts have been posted by the last lecture/seminar (whichever comes last), the student cannot take the exam.

The course is assessed on the basis of an individual written home exam over 96 hours, with a scope of 2,500 words +/- 10 %.

Resit/rescheduled exam:

Resit/rescheduled exam is organised in the same way as the ordinary exam.

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

A graded scale from A to E for passed and F for not passed will be used.

The course will cover key issues of international development assistance as it is currently organized. It will focus on processes and trends internationally and in recipient countries. Focus will be on the way aid is organized and implemented today. These issues will be illustrated through empirical case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The following themes will be included:

• Key actors in development assistance (non-traditional donors, multilateral organizations, for-profit actors)
• Aid and the Sustainable Development Goals
• New modalities of aid (budget support and performance-based aid)
• The "environmentalization", "securitization" and "marketization" of aid
• The effects of aid for recipient countries

Work and teaching methods include lectures and supervised seminars.

Digital learning resources in the form of video lectures, digital tests and practical exercises are used in the course. Training in the use of statistical application will also be provided. Student work includes compulsory assignments, both individually and in groups.

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

• a minimum of 80 per cent attendance at seminars
• an individual assignment in statistics and the use of spreadsheets
• an individual digital test
• a group assignment in method comparison and the use of statistics software, 2,000 words +/- 10%, 3-5 students per group

Calculator

A collection of table and formulas will be handed out.

Excel (available during exams)