NATC6120 Natural Sciences 1 for Primary School, Subject 2 Course description

The course forms a theoretical and practical basis for assessing choices and methods that are relevant both in current and future medical diagnostics and research. This comprises immunological, biochemical, cell and molecular biology methods. A selection of these methods are used in the practical work.

Students must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health and Technology - Specialisation in Biomedicine.

Naturfaget i skolen er både et teoretisk og et praktisk fag, der det oppfordres til bruk av ulike arbeidsmåter og læringsarenaer både inne og ute. Gjennom studiet skal studentene erfare ulike arbeidsmåter som litteraturstudier, arbeid med oppgaver, prosjektarbeid, bruk av varierte læringsarenaer, uteundervisning og praktiske forsøk. De skal dessuten skaffe seg erfaring med undervisningsmetoder som utforskende arbeid, dialog i klasserommet, konkretiseringsverktøy og ulike digitale verktøy. Gjennom studiet skal studentene benytte sin praksiserfaring som lærer til drøfting og refleksjon i møte med teori og forskning i faget.

Det forutsettes at studenten møter forberedt til undervisningen og benytter naturfagrommets samlinger og utstyr til å øve seg på praktisk arbeid. Deltakelse i undervisningen er viktig for faglig utbytte i studiet.

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

Knowledge

The student

• understands and is capable of explaining a range of biochemical and cellular biological methods, their possibilities and limitations
• understands the term proteomics, the principle behind selected analytical methods and their applications
• can describe different advanced microscopy techniques, principles and areas of application
• understands the principle behind different methods of preparation of transgenic animals, and can explain the laws and regulations that regulate the production of such animals

Skills

The student

• can assess the suitability of selected biochemical and cell biological methods and their strengths and weaknesses in an independent manner
• can use and critically interpret results from selected methods in the field of biochemistry and cell biology in an independent manner
• can conduct bio-informatic searches in web-based sequence databases
• can present research results in a scientific manner

General competence

The student

• can critically assess relevant methods in biomedical research and diagnostics
• can design an experiment in biochemistry and cell biology

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• attendance at the course introduction
• minimum attendance of 80% at seminars
• minimum attendance of 80% at laboratory courses
• individual lab report based on specified criteria.

Individual oral exam, up to 30 minutes.

The exam can be taken in English or a Scandinavian language.

Simple handheld calculator.

Grade scale A-F