Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who have passed the module should be able to

• account for how to design, produce, purify, and characterize proteins
• describe how activity and stability of enzymes and other biotechnological relevant proteins can be determined
• account for the development of new preparative and analytical methods in protein science

Skills

• write a project report following the standards of the field of study, include relevant original scientific literature, use the correct terminology, and communicate the research-based foundation and problem and results in writing, graphically and orally in a professionally reasoned and coherent way
• assess and select relevant original scientific literature and current scientific methods, models and other tools used in the project and asses the problem of the project and results in relevant scientific contexts and social conditions

Competences

• handle the planning, implementation and management of complex and unpredictable research and/or developmental tasks and take professional responsibility to implement academic assignments and interdisciplinary collaborations
• take responsibility for own professional development and specialization

Type of instruction

Project work

Extent and expected workload

450 hours

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

• An approved PBL competency profile is a prerequisite for participation in the project exam

Exams