autumn 2016
BIO-8010 Communicating Science Module 3 – Visualizing your science - 3 ECTS

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Application deadline

Apply in Søknadsweb (application code 9303) by June 1st

PhD students at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway apply for admission by registering for class in Studentweb by September 1st

Type of course

Multy-disciplinary course.

The course is aimed at PhD students and researchers, but is open for others. Master/bachelor students are welcome to apply too, but they will not be able to get credits. If you aim to include the credits from the course in your 30 mandatory PhD ECTS you should discuss it with both your supervisor and your faculty.

Admission requirements

PhD students or holders of a Norwegian master´s degree of five years or 3+ 2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted. Valid documentation is a statement from your institution that you are a registered PhD student, or a Master´s Diploma with Diploma Supplement / English translation of the diploma. PhD students are exempt from semester fee.

Prerequisites: None, but it is an advantage to have own results to work with.

Maximum 20 participants.

If more than 20 applicants, priority will be given as follows:

  • Participants admitted to the PhD programme at UiT
  • Participants in the Associate Professor programme (Førstelektorprogrammet)
  • PhD candidates from other universities
  • People with a minimum of a Masters degree (or equivalent), who have not been admitted to a PhD programme

The course will be cancelled if less than six participants.

PhD students at UiT register for the course through StudentWeb. The registration for autumn semester starts in the middle of June.

Other applicants apply for admission through SøknadsWeb. Application code 9303.

Contact Ingjerd Gauslaa Nilsen at BFE Faculty, UiT, if you have troubles or questions regarding registration to the course.  

Course overlap

If you pass the examination in this course, you will get an reduction in credits (as stated below), if you previously have passed the following courses:

BIO-8008 Communicating Science Module 3 – Visualizing your science 1 stp
HEL-8004 General and Scientific Research Communication 1 stp

Course content

We live in a visual world; therefore science communication should be visual too. This course will teach you different ways of visualizing your science. The content of the course will vary from year to year. Course subject and lecturers will be announced at the beginning of the fall semester, at www.highnorthacademy.com.

Objectives of the course

This course aims to introduce the participants to novel ways of communicating and visualizing your science. The participants will learn basic principles, flex their creative muscles and see their research projects in a simplified and new light.

Skills learned:

  • Basic principles of science communication
  • Communicate science in a new way

Language of instruction and examination

English

Teaching methods

This is an intensive 5-day course, with lectures and workshops.

Prior to course start, the participants must deliver a short abstract based on their research.

Important dates: Course duration: 7 - 11 November 2016

Deadline for pre-work delivery: 24 October 2016

Deadline for delivery of visual presentation: 1 December 2016

Assessment

Oral and visual presentation of your final product. Evaluation: Pass/Fail.

In order to take the exam, all students need to submit a short abstract based on their research prior to the course (pre-work).

There is no continuation exam. In case of failing, you need to take the course again next year.

Recommended reading/syllabus

Will be made available on Fronter.

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  • About the course
  • Campus: Tromsø |
  • ECTS: 3
  • Course code: BIO-8010