BB810: Research Project I
Comment
A supervisor contract and project statement must be handed in.
Submission is conducted electronically via spoc.sdu.dk/form/1305/submit. Submission must take place no later than 1 week after the semester has started, but it is recommended, that it is handed in as soon as possible. The contract must be approved by supervisor, teaching committee and the head of studies, before the project is started.
Be aware that it is not possible to fill in the form after deadline of submission, since the application system will shut down. The system will reopen in connection with the next course registration, then you can fill out the form for the next semester.
The student will need to develop the research project with a supervising faculty member from the Institute of Biology.
The course is co read with BB811: Research Project II (5 ECTS) and BB812: Research Project III (10 ECTS).
Entry requirements
It is only possible to register for the same course identification code once during the course of your studies.
See the text in red above in the 'Comment' field for more information and terms and conditions for the project.
Academic preconditions
Students taking the course are expected to:
- Be familiar with bachelors curriculum in biology or equivalent
- Have academic and practical skills like those obtained in the bachelor study in Biology or equivalent
- The course may not be taken without prior agreement with a supervisor
Course introduction
In relation to the competence profile of the degree it is the explicit focus of the course to:
- Give the competence to implement new biological solutions and take responsibility for own professional development and specialization
- Give skills to define a research problem; search, with keywords, scientific literature databases for other work whose results support the student’s research project; evaluate the pertinent scientific literature; conduct laboratory experiments, field observations, theoretical modeling, or literature review, as necessary to solve the research problem (if a laboratory project is chosen); analyze data as relevant for addressing the research problem
- Give knowledge and understanding of research topics in biology conducted by members of the staff at the Biology Department or corresponding research institutions
Expected learning outcome
- With the help of a supervisor, define a research problem.
- Search, with keywords, scientific literature databases for other work whose results support the student’s research project.
- Evaluate the pertinent scientific literature.
- Conduct laboratory experiments, field observations, theoretical modeling, or literature review, as necessary to solve the research problem (if a laboratory project is chosen).
- Analyze data as relevant for addressing the research problem.
- Evaluate the results in relation to previous research results that are stated in the scientific literature.
- Write a report in the structure of a scientific paper. The report should contain:
- An introduction which:
1) provides background and rationale for the chosen research problem,
2) includes a summary of previous work in the area of the research and
3) provides a clear statement of the specific problem to be researched. - A method section describing the methods to be used.
- A results section presenting the results of the research (whether literature or laboratory based).
- A discussion section where the results are discussed and evaluated
- In the case of literary studies, the methodology and results sections are only included if this is expedient.
Content
Literature
Examination regulations
Exam element a)
Timing
Projects in spring-semester must be handed in 31 July.
Deadlines - reexam
Deadline for handing in projects in the reexam period for summer examination is 31 august.
Tests
Project assignment
EKA
Assessment
Grading
Identification
Language
Examination aids
ECTS value
Additional information
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
5 ECTS equals a workload of approximately 125 hours.