FARB2500 Legemiddelanalyse Emneplan

Emnet gir en grundig innføring i relevante kjemiske analysemetoder og bruken av disse ved kjemisk kvalitetskontroll av farmasøytiske råvarer og preparater samt holdbarhetskontroll.

Action research provides a basis for producing innovative technologies by integrating diverse human experiences in research and development. It brings together action and reflection; theory and practice; and participation with others and the pursuit of practical and meaningful solutions. Through an action research approach, innovators and social entrepreneurs can enable individuals and their communities to flourish by ensuring that participation is autonomous, secure and influential. In this course, we will learn about the theory and practice of action research. We will explore the traditions and ethical issues in action research, and the varieties of action research practices. The course will offer a unique intercultural opportunity, which will allow us to examine action research practices in other organizational and national settings.

This course provides an in-depth exploration of social science’s evolving role within society, alongside the potential influences of societal stakeholders on the social sciences. Closely related to the courses on the philosophy of science and science ethics, this course covers issues of new expectations and requirements of research to interact and engage with society, and how they may reflect more general societal transformations affecting the production and valuation of knowledge.

These expectations and requirements concern issues such as achieving societal impact, bringing onboard various groups of stakeholders, disseminating research findings to a wide range of and increasingly diverse set of audiences, reaching out to groups in vulnerable positions, and of incorporating non-researchers into the processes of planning, doing and publishing social science research. The course explores these trends against a backdrop of science integrity and academic freedom, which, in some European and wider international contexts, face challenges from political and societal pressures.

Theoretically, the course explores the transformation in knowledge production, moving from a traditional, discipline-centred approach to a more dynamic, context-driven and interdisciplinary one. It delves into, the ‘knowledge economy’ as a real and as an imagined phenomenon, and it considers the theoretical underpinnings of ‘evidence-based research’, including the realist approach. This course will allow candidates to critically reflect upon the drivers of recent trends that increasingly obliterate the borders between the field of science and surrounding fields of politics, practice, and the public sphere. Hereby candidates are prepared to utilize the many possibilities offered by these developments in terms of engaging with the wider society, while recognizing the pitfalls. Candidates will work with practical cases of how their own doctoral research can generate societal and practical impact, involve stakeholders and end-users in the science process, and integrate the principles and practices of ‘open science’.

No prerequisites.

For å fremstille seg til eksamen må følgende arbeidskrav være godkjent:

• Minimum 80 prosent tilstedeværelse på laboratoriekurs
• Minimum 80 prosent tilstedeværelse på andre obligatoriske aktiviteter
• Laboratorierapporter etter gitte kriterier

Oral examination of a group project done in collaboration with a host / client community organization.

Each group may consist of 2-5 candidates.

Oral presentations cannot be appealed.

No support material is permitted in the exams.

It is recommended to have completed one full year of university studies (60 ECTS) before the program starts.

Assessment is pass/ fail. If an essay is graded fail, the candidate has one opportunity to resubmit a revised essay within a given time period.