Bachelor Thesis in Marine Biotechnology

The course is an elective course in the Bachelor's programme in biotechnology (Bachelor i bioteknologi, Norwegian program) as an alternative to BIO-2610 (10 STP/ECTS) and an another 10 ECTS elective course. The course can also be taken as a singular course. It is a practical laboratory course with an extensive report writing (approximately 10 000 words).

• Practical, individual laboratory work under supervision on a given subject (individual projects) in biotechnology.
• A list of titles and topics (and supervisors) is given at the beginning of the semester.
• The experimental work will go on during the whole semester, but in total, it will mean approximately 2 month of experimental work in the laboratory.
• Presentation of own data for the class.
• Written term paper on the work of the subject (Bachelor thesis).
• The lectures will be given simultaneously as lectures in BIO-2610.

Applicants from Nordic countries: Generell studiekompetanse + Matematikk R1 eller (S1+S2) og enten Matematikk (R1+R2) eller Fysikk (1+2) eller Kjemi (1+2) eller Biologi (1+2) eller Informasjonsteknologi (1+2) eller Geologi (1+2) eller Teknologi og forskningslære (1+2).

International applicants: Higher Education Entrance Qualification and certified language requirements in English. It is a requirement that students have some prior knowledge of biology and ecology, chemistry and mathematics (Participants must have taken introductory level university courses, and achieved pass grades, in these subjects).

A list of the requirements for the Higher Education Entrance Qualification in Norway can be found on the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education website - nokut.no

Application code: 9197 (Nordic applicants).

After having completed the course, students will be able to:

Knowledge

• Describe how to address a problem (subject)
• Methods used in the practical laboratory work or described in a theoretical thesis

Skills

• Read and find scientific information (references) on a scientific topic
• Learn to use methods in the practical laboratory work
• Work independently in a laboratory 
• Write a report and plan the writing process at a daily basis in accordance with a proposed plan
• Organize practical work in the laboratory 
• Complete assignments and a report (thesis) before the deadlines

General competence

• Work in collaboration with members (supervisor team) within a research group
• Work independently
• Evaluate and present scientific data in a laboratory report (thesis)

• Introduction at the beginning of the semester with presentation of the possible projects/tasks available. A given supervisor(s) or supervisor team is appointed for each project.
• Students choose from projects that are presented.
• Each project will be done in the research group(s) of the supervisor(s)/supervisor team(s) the Norwegian College of Fishery Science (NFH). Projects can also be done in collaboration with external partners.
• Guidance, practical and theoretical, by the supervisor(s) within the objective and work of the project.
• Training of writing scientific reports and reading scientific literature. The writing process starts at the beginning of the semester. Submission of different chapters of the report each month (introduction in January/February, material and methods in March, results in April and discussion in early May).
• Discussion/seminar before each submission.

Language of instruction and examination

• Applicants from Nordic countries: 1 December for the spring semester.
• Applicants from outside the Nordic countries: 1 October for the spring semester.

This course is available for inbound exchange students.

This course has academic prerequisites. Please see the «Admission requirements» section for more information.

Do you have questions about this module? Please check the following website to contact the course coordinator for exchange students at the faculty: INBOUND STUDENT MOBILITY: COURSE COORDINATORS AT THE FACULTIES | UiT

A written term paper (Bachelor's thesis). The grading scale is A-F, where A-E is pass, and F is fail.

Work requirement:

Two course work requirements: present the scientific topic of the thesis and give an oral presentation of the thesis.

A re-sit exam will be arranged for this course.