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Students must have passed all courses in the master’s degree programme before they can submit their master’s thesis for assessment.

Ingen ut over opptak til studiet.

Etter å ha gjennomført dette emnet har studenten følgende læringsutbytte, definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskap

Studenten

• har grunnleggende kunnskap om digital bildebehandling
• har innsikt i hvordan foto brukes i digitale medier

Ferdigheter

Studenten

• kan redigere og manipulere digitale bilder
• kan benytte visuelle virkemidler i digitale bilder

Generell kompetanse

Studenten

• har evne til kritisk refleksjon og vurdering av hvordan bilder brukes til å påvirke en mottaker
• kan gjennomføre og dokumentere en prosess fra idé til ferdig produkt

In the second semester, the student will prepare a project outline for their master’s thesis. This work is carried out as part of the course’s compulsory kick-off seminar. A supervisor is assigned at the end of the second semester based on the project outline, and a supervision agreement must be signed. The kick-off seminar and supervision agreement are compulsory coursework requirements. A research market (Mastertorg) and midway seminar are also organised as part of the course.

Number of hours of supervision

For individual master’s theses: a total of 12 hours of supervision, which can take place individually or in groups.

For master’s theses written by two students together: a total of 17 hours of supervision.

The kick-off seminar takes place in the second semester and consists of two gatherings (one at the beginning and one towards the end of the semester. Each gathering lasts for one day.) The purpose of the seminar is to offer support to individual students as they start working on their master’s thesis, including the preparation of a project outline for the master’s thesis.

The kick-off seminar consists of various activities and forms of learning. At the first gathering, students are given an introduction to the research process, how to develop a research question, research ethics and privacy considerations. Information will also be provided on how to search for relevant literature and about the university library’s services. The supervision agreement, obligations and rights in the supervisor-student relationship will also be covered. At the second gathering, students are given feedback on their project outline in groups, and the planned master’s projects are discussed in groups. The students are assigned their supervisors after the second seminar.

The Mastertorg research market takes place at the beginning of the second semester. At this event, ongoing research projects they can apply to be affiliated to are presented to the students.

Supervision agreement: Once a supervisor has been appointed, the student and the supervisor must review the content of and sign a supervision agreement by a given deadline. This agreement governs the relationship between the supervisor and the student and the rights and obligations in the student-supervisor relationship.

The midway seminar is held at the beginning of the fourth semester for full-time students and in the sixth semester for part-time students. For the seminar, the student must submit a limited number of pages of text that is to be included in the master’s thesis. The text will be presented for discussion and input in groups consisting of fellow students and a lecturer.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe the structure of the human genome and different types of inheritance
• can describe different forms of genetic variation and their significance
• can explain gene regulation
• can explain the significance of DNA damage, how it can occur and how it can be repaired
• is familiar with the use of tumor markers and other biomarkers in patient diagnostics and individually adapted medicine
• can describe the principles behind the most common analysis methods in molecular diagnostics and explaining the methods’ areas of use
• is familiar with different forms of non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)
• can describe how DNA analyses can be used for personal identification in forensic medicine
• can describe different sequencing technologies and their areas of use
• can explain how chromosome anomalies and hereditary diseases can be determined by using different methods
• is familiar with the laws and regulations that regulate genetic testing and the requirements relating to genetic counselling
• is familiar with methods and laws relating to sperm donation, egg donation and in vitro fertilisation

Skills

The student

• can conduct and quality assure different gene technology methods and assess any sources of errors related to these
• can apply analysis instruments used in molecular diagnostics
• can process data and interpret the results of different genetic/DNS analyses, both technical and biomedical
• can carry out bioinformatics analyses of sequencing data from different sequencing platforms
• can collect information from different databases and using basic bioinformatics tools
• can carry out work using gene technology methods in a responsible manner to minimise the risk of contamination

General competence

The student

• can discuss social and ethical consequences of gene testing in a medical perspective

Work and teaching methods include lectures, assignments, literature searches and laboratory work. The course entails a half-day’s practical training visit to an external laboratory.

Parts of the teaching used is the ‘flipped classroom’, where digital learning resources will be made available to students in advance and the time they spend at the university will be used to work on assignments and group work. Self-study, activity, reflection and cooperation is a pre-condition for completion of the course.

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
• laboratory reports in accordance with specified criteria

Gradert skala A - F.

Alphanumeric/financial calculator with cleared memory. A digital calculator is available to the student during the exam.

A-F.