Course

PhD Project Course in Chemistry (MLJ907)

The project course will contain topics at advanced level in chemistry. The course is intended to bring the student to the research front in an area pertaining to their PhD project. The curriculum is adjusted depending on the candidates research area, and is usually based on research articles or books on advanced topics.


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Fakta

Emnekode

MLJ907

Vekting (stp)

10

Semester undervisningsstart

Autumn

Undervisningsspråk

English

Antall semestre

1

Vurderingssemester

Autumn

Timeplan

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Litteratur

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Content

The course will give the candidate a professional specalisation within a chosen topic within Chemistry at PhD level. This could be, for example, specialising in an instrument, or within a relevant subject area. The curriculum is set to match the research area of the PhD project together with the candidates supervisors and course leader.

Learning outcome

After completed the course, the student shall have sufficiently detailed knowledge of the topic to be at the research front within this field of chemistry and will be able to perform thorough research and development within the specific topic.

Forkunnskapskrav

Ingen

Anbefalte forkunnskaper

According to admission requirements for PhD in Chemistry and Biosciences. Final year master students may also be accepted to the course on the conditions of the appointed supervisors approval.

Exam

Form of assessment Weight Duration Marks Aid
Assignment or oral exam 1/1 Passed / Not Passed


The curriculum is individually tailored. Therefore, the assessment form is either a technical report/manuscript for a review article or an oral exam.

For open topics such as a literature study of a specific subject, a report is used. For a defined curriculum, such as a textbook, an oral exam is used.

Fagperson(er)

Course coordinator:

Kåre Bredeli Jørgensen

Course teacher:

Malcolm Andrew Kelland

Method of work

8 hours of project work per week. There are no ordinary lectures in this course; each student will receive independent supervision from the selected supervisor.

Åpent for

PhD programmes in Technology and Natural Sciences or in Chemistry and Biological Sciences

Emneevaluering

There must be an early dialogue between the course supervisor, the student union representative and the students. The purpose is feedback from the students for changes and adjustments in the course for the current semester.In addition, a digital course evaluation must be carried out at least every three years. Its purpose is to gather the students experiences with the course.

Kontakt

Course coordinator:

Kåre Bredeli Jørgensen

Course teacher:

Malcolm Andrew Kelland

Tilbys av

Faculty of Science and Technology

Department of Chemistry, Bioscience and Environmental Engineering

The course description is retrieved from FS (Felles studentsystem). Version 1