FF500: Introduction to subject, research and community of practice

Study Board of Science

Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher
EKA: N700013112, N700013102
Assessment: Second examiner: None
Grading: Pass/Fail
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Autumn
Level: Bachelor

STADS ID (UVA): N700013101
ECTS value: 5

Date of Approval: 25-03-2019


Duration: 1 semester

Version: Archive

Comment

0002901(former UVA) is identical with this course description

Entry requirements

None

Academic preconditions

None

Course introduction

The aim of the course is that the student experiences a scholarly identity creating and retaining introduction to his study program. The course develops the student’s study competences through introduction to study strategies and active participation in scholarly activities. 

Throughout the course the student establishes his personal learning plan to organize his learning process, and is associated to a study group, which constitutes itself by a study group contract. Throughout the course the student is involved in problem solving anchored in topics from the student’s introductory courses.

Expected learning outcome

Intended learning outcomes - after completing the course the student is expected to be able to: 

  • The student applies study and learning strategies to organize hers/his own learning in relation to the intended learning outcomes, learning activities and assessment tasks.
  • The student establishes working relationships to his fellow students and describes his role as an active participant in the study program’s social and academic learning activities
  • The student specifies and analyzes a problem in pre-formulated form and communicates the solving process and the result of the process.
  • The student identifies different science representations (textual, auditory, visual, symbolic, iconic, graphical, tabular, static or dynamic) and applies them in problem solving.

Content

Topics covered
Study group: Work in collaborative groups, communication, planning, conflict management, group forming and constitution and study group contract
The student’s learning: Introduction to e-learning, laboratory security, study and learning strategies, harmonization of expectations, ethical standards in academia and the student’s personal learning plan.
Problem solving anchored in topics from the student’s introductory courses.

Literature

See Blackboard for syllabus lists and additional literature references.

Examination regulations

Exam element a)

Timing

Autumn

Tests

Mandatory Assignments

EKA

N700013112

Assessment

Second examiner: None

Grading

Pass/Fail

Identification

Full name and SDU username

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Examination aids

Aids allowed

ECTS value

1

Additional information

For the intake to science, biology and pharmacy, compulsory test in laboratory safety is included as part of the compulsory assignments.

The examination form for re-examination may be different from the exam form at the regular exam.

Exam element b)

Timing

Autumn

Tests

Take home-exam

EKA

N700013102

Assessment

Second examiner: None

Grading

Pass/Fail

Identification

Full name and SDU username

Language

Normally, the same as teaching language

Examination aids

Aids allowed

ECTS value

4

Additional information

The examination form for re-examination may be different from the exam form at the regular exam.

Indicative number of lessons

39 hours per semester

Teaching Method

The teaching method is based on three phase model.
Intro phase: 3 hours
Skills training phase: 36 hours, hereof: Tutorials: 32 hours og Laboratory exercises: 4 hours

Teacher responsible

Name E-mail Department
Søren Sten Hansen shan@sdu.dk

Additional teachers

Name E-mail Department City
Camilla Gundlach Kromann cgk@sdu.dk
Mogens T. Jensen mtj@sdu.dk
Rune Wulff Christensen rwc@sdu.dk
Simone Louise Nothlev Sørensen simone@sdu.dk

Timetable

Administrative Unit

Det Naturvidenskabelige Fakultet

Team at Educational Law & Registration

NAT

Offered in

Odense

Recommended course of study

Profile Education Semester Offer period