3590.13 - BSc Thesis - Biology
Course number
3590.13
Title
BSc Thesis - 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 shall agree upon the language, in which the report is to be written. A summary of the results shall be included atthe beginning of the report. The summary must be written in Faroese and English, in such a way that it can be read by other people than specialists. The summary should not exceed half an A-4 page
Learning and teaching approaches
Work should be completed within 14 weeks and a final date should be set for delivery
Learning outcomes
On completion of a bachelor thesis, the successful student should be able to:
1. Use assimilated scientific knowledge and experiences in a scientific setting.
2. Work on a research project under supervision.
3. Organize own work and time in collaboration with supervisor.
4. Analyse a biological problem, and suggest how to divide it into smaller manageable questions that each can be solved by a theoretical or practical approach. In other words, the student should be able to formulate a hypothesis and design the theoretical and/or practical (experimental) approaches to investigate the hypothesis.
5. Independently search for and interpret information relevant to the questions asked.
6. Evaluate and analyse information in a critical manner, and put this information into appropriate context.
7. Formulate comments, arguments and constructive criticism both to own work and the work of other.
8. Write a scientific thesis using appropriate scientific language.
9. Use scientific references in an appropriate way.
10. Distinguish between facts, interpretations, beliefs and fiction.
11. Present scientific results (own or others) in an appropriate way.
12. Perform statistical analyses on data and draw conclusions supported by the data and the statistical analysis.
Assessment method
Delivery of thesis and oral presentation of it. Evaluation according to the existing grade scale.
Examination
External
Marking scale
13-
Contact
Eyðfinn Magnussen