MABIOD4200 Biokjemiske og cellebiologiske metoder Emneplan

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

Knowledge

The student

• can acquire advanced knowledge in the subject area of the master’s thesis from relevant research and specialist literature
• can explain the theoretical basis for the topic of the master’s thesis and for the methods included in the work
• can critically evaluate previous research, existing theory and methods that form the basis for the research questions in the master’s thesis
• can assess previous research as a basis for critically evaluating own results

Skills

The student

• can develop a project description for the master’s degree project under supervision and in line with research methods
• can carry out an independent, limited research or development project under supervision and in accordance with applicable standards of research ethics
• can explore methods, calculations, analyses and examinations of relevance to the master’s thesis in an independent manner
• can quality assure his/her own work
• can present results in a scientific manner and discuss these in relation to previous research

General competence

The student

• can apply research methods to new and unknown disciplines and formulate new research questions
• can carry out critical analyses of and combine knowledge from different sources
• can communicate an extensive independent work, both orally and in writing, in relation to applicable conventions for scientific reporting
• can communicate research results to both specialists and the general public
• can identify and discuss ethical issues in research in accordance with applicable laws and international conventions

Basic technical laboratory skills in methods in biochemistry and cell biology at bachelor’s degree level.

Work and teaching methods include lectures, laboratory courses, seminars with oral student presentations and discussions, group work and self-study.

No restrictions.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal. External examiner is used periodically.

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• Experimentation and fieldwork
• Service experience
• User behavior
• Task analysis
• Human to human, human to product interaction
• Mastery, resilience, motivation
• Different forms of user engagement

An individual written master’s thesis and an individual oral exam including a presentation of the thesis, up to 1.5 hours. The master’s thesis can be written as a monograph of up to 100 pages or an article manuscript with a supplementary introductory chapter of up to 45 pages.

The written thesis must be awarded a grade of A-E (preliminary grade) in order for a student to take the oral exam. The final grade is set after the oral exam. The grade can be adjusted up or down by one grade based on the oral exam.

Theses are written in Norwegian or English. The oral exam can be taken in Norwegian or English, regardless of which language the thesis was written in.

Resit exam: If the master’s thesis is awarded the grade F (fail), the student will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

Students can appeal against the grade set for the written part of the exam. If the grade is changed after an appeal against the grade, and the oral exam has already been held, the oral exam must be retaken.

Grade scale A-F.

One external and one internal examiner will assess all the exams.