Degree Project

Aim

By the end of the course the students will be able to: Knowledge and understanding

• Obtain advanced theoretical and methodological knowledge within an area of the biomedical field

Competence and skills

• Identify scientific questions and make connections to current research within the area, and establish hypotheses and aims
• Plan and perform scientific, laboratory experiments and/or other relevant forms of data collection
• Compile the results obtained in a scientific report written according to the instructions of a selected scientific journal and present, discuss and defend the report orally at an open seminar
• Reflect on and evaluate the costs of a scientific project
• Reflect on and evaluate the need of an ethical application for a given project

Judgement and approach

• Analyze, interpret, and critically evaluate obtained results
• Critically review reports and oral presentations of other students’ work and argue for and against analyses and results

Content

• Planning of scientific experiments
• Experimental laboratory work and/or other relevant forms of data collection
• Analyses and processing of obtained results
• Interpretation and critical evaluation of obtained results
• Financing of scientific research
• Ethical issues and ethical permissions