BIOPRA1 Medical Biochemistry Practice Course description

The course consists of lectures, seminars and group discussions on methods and algorithms, as well as a project to be carried out in groups. The project will be chosen from a list of available research problems. The students will work in groups and will submit the code and a project report.

Practical training

Lab sessions.

The following requirements must be met before the student can take the final exam:

• One individual oral presentation on a given topic.
• Participate as discussant for two student presentations."

The assessment will be based on a portfolio of the following:

• A group project implementation, consisting of a project report (4000-8000 words) and code appendix
• An individual oral examination (about 20 min for each student)

The weight for the two parts is 50% each.

The project report should be between 4000-8000 words. Both the code/program and the report will be evaluated. The comprehensiveness of the code/program is evaluated under the assumption that each student in the group has worked on the project for 60 hours.

The portfolio will be assessed as a whole and the exam cannot be appealed.

New/postponed exam

In case of failed exam or legal absence, the student may apply for a new or postponed exam. New or postponed exams are offered within a reasonable time span following the regular exam. The student is responsible for applying for a new/postponed exam within the time limits set by OsloMet. The Regulations for new or postponed examinations are available in Regulations relating to studies and examinations at OsloMet.

For the oral exam, students will not have access to computers or other aids.

For the final assessment a grading scale from A to F is used, where A denotes the highest and E the lowest pass grade, and F denotes a fail.

Two internal examiners. External examiner is used periodically.

Professor Jianhua Zhang

The recommended prior knowledge: Basic knowledge in calculus, statistics and probability theory; Programming skills in Python, R or Matlab

Practical training: The midway and final assessments are made by the practical training supervisor and the contact lecturer at OsloMet. The final decision on whether the course is approved or not is made by the university.

Exam: All answer papers are assessed by two internal examiners. An external examiner contributes to the preparation of the question papers and assessment criteria.