Literature study in medical biology

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This course is reserved for students enrolled in the Master's degree programme in Biology and Medical biolgy.

The course is available in both the autumn and spring semester.

This is a specialized course for students in the Master degree programs in Biology and Medical Biology at the Department of Medical Biology (IMB). The course includes writing a thesis based on a problem description within a spesified topic. The supervisor of the course is the same person who supervise the student at his/her master degree project. The topic is chosen by the student together with the supervisor, and the supervisor makes the problem formulation wihin this topic. The student is expected to find litterature equivalent to approx. 200 pages from advanced text books and original scientific publications. The student is to work out a thesis of 10-15 pages based on this litterature. The theses has to include a clear problem description, presentation of the scientific publications that is used and an independent discussion. A correct reference list is required. The thesis is not to be a copy of part of the introduction to the master degree thesis, but may give a deeper understanding of a chosen topic from this introduction.

The student will get a deeper understanding of a topic relevant to the master degree project, and get training in thesis writing. The student will learn to use original material from advanced textbooks and scientific papers, and discuss this independently.

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Independent thesis writing. The student will be given supervision during the search for literature and during the writing process.

The deadline for handing in the thesis is 1st of June in the spring semester and 15th of December in the fall semester. 2 copies of the thesis has to be submitted to the student advisor at IMB before 3 pm.

The grade is set by two internal examiners. The thesis will be evaluated based on format and content, and the student will recieve written feedback.

Grade type: pass / fail.

Litterature related to the thesis.