3590.23 - BSc Dissertation - Biology
Course number
3590.23
Title
BSc Dissertation - Biology
ECTS
22.5
Prerequisites
Passed all courses
Purpose
An independent scientific investigation, comprising collection and working up of material and presentation as a written report with tables and figures.
Content
Language and summary: The supervisor, external examiner and student agree upon the language, in which the report is to be written. A summary of the results shall be included at the beginning of the report. The summary must be written in Faroese and English, in such a way that it can be read by non-specialists. The summary shall not exceed half an A-4 page.
Learning and teaching approaches
Work on the dissertation can begin the first day of each half-semester and the submission deadline is the last day of the given semester.
Learning outcomes
On completion of a bachelor dissertation, the successful student should be able to: 1. Use acquired scientific knowledge and experience in a scientific setting. 2. Work on a research project under supervision. 3. Organize one´s own work and time in collaboration with a supervisor. 4. Analyse a biological problem, and suggest how to divide it into smaller intermediate manageable objects that can be solved separately by theoretical or practical approaches. The student shall be able to formulate a hypothesis and design theoretical and experimental approaches in order to investigate the hypothesis. 5. Independently search for and interpret information relevant to the scientific problem. 6. Evaluate and analyse information in a critical manner and put this information into an appropriate context. 7. Formulate comments, arguments and constructive criticism related to one´s own research work and others. 8. Write a scientific dissertation using appropriate scientific language. 9. Use scientific references in an appropriate way. 10. Distinguish between facts, interpretations, beliefs and fiction. 11. Present scientific results in an appropriate way. 12. Perform statistical analysis on data and draw conclusions based on the results of the analysis.
Assessment method
Delivery of dissertation and oral presentation of it. Evaluation according to the existing grade scale.
Examination
External
Marking scale
7-
Bibliography
Papers and literature which are relevant for the respective thesis.
Contact
Jónrit Halling