EPN-V2

FLKM5000 Master's Thesis Emneplan

Engelsk emnenavn
Master's Thesis
Studieprogram
Masterstudium i internasjonal utvikling, utdanning og bærekraft
Omfang
60.0 stp.
Studieår
2025/2026
Timeplan
Emnehistorikk

Innledning

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

Knowledge

The student has

  • in-depth knowledge of structural and molecular variation, such as sequence, length, and copy number variation, and mechanisms leading to genetic variation
  • advanced knowledge of genetic variation that can lead to disease
  • in-depth knowledge of screening methods that are used in medical genetics and high-throughput methods used for molecular genetic research
  • advanced knowledge of the principles behind methods and their areas of application
  • specialised insight into the areas of application for selected bioinformatics tools for DNA and RNA analyses.

Skills

The student is capable of

  • carrying out independent basic analyses using the PCR technique, DNA sequencing, fragment analysis and qPCR
  • independently assessing the suitability of methods and using this in the development of diagnostic methods
  • understanding and interpreting quantitative qPCR results in an independent manner
  • using basic bioinformatics tools in the development of methods and analysis of NGS data

Competence

The student is capable of

  • familiarising him/herself with and taking a critical approach to new methods and apparatuses used in biomedicine (including NGS platforms), with a view to their areas of application, possibilities, and limitations

Forkunnskapskrav

Work and teaching methods include lectures, seminars, laboratory courses, group work and self-study.

Læringsutbytte

Alle hjelpemidler tillatt.

Innhold

The master’s thesis is an independent scholarly work where the student must demonstrate insight into relevant research and theories, methods and approaches of relevance to the thesis' focus and area of specialisation. The student is free to choose the topic, method and perspective.

Arbeids- og undervisningsformer

Eksamen vurderes med gradert skala fra A til E for bestått og F for ikke bestått.

Arbeidskrav og obligatoriske aktiviteter

Det benyttes to interne sensorer. Tilsynssensor er knyttet til emnet, for å føre tilsyn med eksamens- og sensurordningen, og skriver en tilsynsrapport. Tilsyn for emnet skjer hvert tredje år.

Vurdering og eksamen

Grade scale A-F

Hjelpemidler ved eksamen

An external and internal examiner will assess all exams

Vurderingsuttrykk

Letter grades ranging from A to F are used, with A being the highest grade and E the poorest pass grade, and F being a fail grade.

Sensorordning

One internal and one external examiner are used.