Laboratory Rotation

Code:

BIOL6001

Acronym:

BIOL6001

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Biology

Instance: 2024/2025 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Biology
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PDBGE	34	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2023	1	-	30	210	810

Teaching language

English

Objectives

Developing skills for conducting laboratory, field work, liteterature review, and analytical research work and the capacity to critically discuss the results obtained.

Learning outcomes and competences

Capacity to plan and execute experimental work.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Development of experimental, field woerk, literature revoew and/or analytical work, with tutorial monitoring, carried out in the different laboratories of the R&D centers participating in the Doctoral Program, or in other national and foreign partner institutions, in order to familiarize and to consolidate students' knowledge with research work in the area of your thesis project and / or for conducting pilot studies.

Mandatory literature

varios; varios

Teaching methods and learning activities

The Laboratory rotation consists of making experimental and analytical work, with tutorial monitoring carried out in different laboratories of the centers of R & D participants in the Doctoral Program, or other national and international institutions, aiming the development of student’s skills to perform research work in the area of their thesis project. The evaluation of this component is based on the presentation of a report on the work conducted and on a justified report of the supervisors involved.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	80,00
Trabalho prático ou de projeto	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho escrito	20,00
Trabalho laboratorial	20,00
Trabalho de campo	20,00
Trabalho de investigação	40,00
Total:	100,00

Eligibility for exams

75%

Calculation formula of final grade

Report describing  the experimental work and advise of the supervisor (100%)