BIOTECHNOLOGY - IE

4- METHODOLOGY AND ECTS WEIGHTING
Because of the nature of the subject and the objective to integrate theory and practice,
educational activities will be organized around different format types:
‣ Theory sessions: using blackboard, power point presentations and additional photocopies
support with figures, schemes and tables. The classes will be interactive with the students,
discussing the most difficult or special interesting aspects for them of every topic.
The online campus and bibliographic resources will be used as support tools.
*Use of computers in classroom: Use of computers in the classroom will not be necessary and
therefore not permitted in the classroom unless specifically stated by the professor.
‣ Workshops: the students will apply some theory aspects to solve some questions and
problems with practical applications individually or in groups.
‣ Practical work in the lab: after explaining the activity contents at the beginning, the teacher
will solve the possible doubts and supervise the practical work and the discussion of the
obtained results. The students will organize all the results in a lab report and analyze them
correctly to answer some questions and problems given.
‣ Visits: students will have the opportunity to visit several important companies to see real-life
applications of the concepts and issues we will study in class. After each visit, the students will
deliver a report for their evaluation.
‣ Tutorials: it will be set up the first day according to the student’s needs and availability.
Note on laboratory work:
- By default, students will work in groups of two, (students wishing to work alone should
propose it and obtain approval from the teacher).
- For doing the practical work, the students will need the lab coat. Other possible
necessary things will be specified the first day of the course.
- Students not attending at the 75% of the classes will lose their rights for the evaluation
of the subject, obtaining a 0 score on the first and extraordinary calls for examination.
- Only in the justified attendance absences cases, students will do an extra activity
related with the lost part, according to the teacher criteria, from which the student could
be able to get the grade for the lost part.
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