EPN-V2

BIOB1510 Laboratory Technology and Quality Assurance Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Laboratorieteknologi og kvalitetssikring
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
  • Introduction

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  • Required preliminary courses

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  • Learning outcomes

    Fullført emne MESTD4810 Prosjektutvikling og forskningsdesign

  • Content

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

    • External practical training at a laboratory, 10 credits
  • Teaching and learning methods

    Emnet overlapper med 10 studiepoeng mot MLEST4300.

  • Course requirements

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  • Assessment

    Combined assessment:

    Part 1) Assessment of practical training. The minimum attendance requirement for the practical training period is 90%. For more information about the attendance requirement in practical training, see ‘Assessment of external practical training’ in the main section of the programme description.

    Part 2) Individual written home exam, 2,000 words (+/- 20%). The assignment is handed out at the start of the course and must be submitted after the end of the practical training period.

    Both part 1 and 2 must be approved to pass the course.

    New assessment/exam. If the student fails part 1 (practical training period), he/she must normally retake the whole practical training period. If the student fails part 2, the home exam, he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

    Students can appeal the grade awarded for part 2, the home exam.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

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  • Grading scale

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  • Examiners

    Part 1) The midway assessment is made by the practical training supervisor and the contact lecturer at the university. The final assessment is made by the practical training supervisor. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.

    Part 2) 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.

  • Overlapping courses

    10 credits overlap with the course BIOPRA1 Medical Biochemistry Practice