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HETEK4300 Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Bakteriologi og antimikrobiell resistens
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2025
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    The purpose of this course is to enable students to contribute actively to research in bacterial diagnostics and combating antimicrobial resistance in the health services and society at large. The course provides a broad theoretical basis in medical bacteriology and comprises history, technology and future health-related challenges. Emphasis is placed on the most common bacterial infectious diseases and antibiotic resistance. The introduction of new diagnostic tools in clinical microbiology entails an increasing need for health personnel with extensive knowledge of new areas of application for technology and changed practices. The course therefore also focuses on the relationship between clinical practice, diagnostics and epidemiology to better be able to face future technical changes and the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.

  • Recommended preliminary courses

    Basic microbiology or infection biology at bachelor’s level.

  • Required preliminary courses

    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.

  • Learning outcomes

    A project examination in the form of a project description for the student's master’s thesis, individual or in groups, depending on whether the thesis will be written individually or in a group. Scope: 3,000 words (+/- 20%). For group assignments, one overall grade is awarded for the whole group.

    Resit examination: If the student fails the assignment, he/she will be given opportunity to submit a reworked version.

    If the course is taught in English, students can also choose to write/conduct the examination in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish).

  • Teaching and learning methods

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

  • Course requirements

    Pass/fail.

  • Assessment

    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.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

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

  • Grading scale

    Grade scale A-F

  • Examiners

    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.

  • Target group and admission

    The course is offered as an individual course. Admission to the course requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in health sciences.

  • Overlapping courses

    10 credits overlap with MABIO5100 Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance.