BENS7040 Working in a Research Group (2–5 cr)

Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Curriculum periods:
2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020

Description

Content

Unpaid work in a research group of the department. Each student will create an individual learning task list together with the group members. After finishing the course the student will write a course report of the work. This work cannot be directly linked to the student’s own master’s thesis.

Completion methods

Before starting the work, the student writes a learning task list which is agreed with the course teacher. After finishing the work the student will write a training report. Course can be done in 2-5 ECTS . One month’s work (120 hours) is equivalent of 5 ECTS with training report.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student:
- has got familiar with the research conducted at the University
- can describe the basic principles in the research conducted at the research group
- has gained ethical and
- has attained new skills which could be related to collecting, handling or analyzing the data

Additional information

The working in a research group can be done at any part of studies. The work cannot be part of the student’s own thesis or thesis data collection.

Completion methods

Method 1

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Teaching (2–5 cr)

Type:
Participation in teaching
Grading scale:
Pass - fail
Language:
English, Finnish

Teaching