Chemistry and Biophysics

The course consists of two parts; chemistry and biophysics.

Biophysics:

The biophysics is taught by a lecturer from our partner UVMP in Kosice, Slovakia. The teaching will take place as video presentations, syllabus review and discussions.

Work requirement (AK): Biophysics

• Students are tested every week, a total of twelve tests. To pass, students must pass at least 2 of the first 3 tests, then at least 2 of the next 3 tests, and finally at least 2 of the last 3 tests. In total, 8 out of 12 tests in all topics in the course must be passed in order to pass the course.

During the semester, the lecturer from UVMP comes to Nord University, Bodø. During this week there will be lectures four hours three of the days. Depending on what the students benefit most from, these lectures will be discussions, summarizing topics, etc.

Chemistry:

The chemistry part is held by the course coordinator in Bodø, with lectures combined with problem solving, laboratory exercises and compulsory theory exercises.

Before the student can take part in the compulsory lab teaching, the student must undergo the course KJ105F Laboratory safety. The laboratory safety course is required to participate in the lab exercises. It is carried out at the beginning of the semester.

The teaching activities in the course presuppose that the student is on campus.

Work requirements (AK) 1 Theory exercises:

• Students are encouraged to submit all 4 theory exercises.
• A minimum of 2 of 4 submitted theory exercises must meet the minimum requirement to be approved, at the same time as at least every other exercise must be submitted and approved.
• Each theory exercise submitted must have all the assignments answered in order to be approved.
• Each individual theory exercise that is submitted must be at least 40% correctly answered. This can be 40% of the tasks, 40% right on each of the tasks or combinations of these, as long as 40% in total is right.

Work requirements (AK) 2: Laboratory exercises with subsequent lab reports

• Students are encouraged to participate in all 3 lab exercises and submit all of the subsequent 3 lab reports.
• In order to fulfill the work requirement, the student must have performed all the tasks that belong to the lab exercise. In the event of unforeseen events, lab teachers can grant exemption from individual assignments for the student (s) in question. In this case, this must be clarified before leaving the laboratory.
• There must be at least 2 approved lab reports submitted within the stated deadline.

Compulsory participation:

• Attendance at at least 2 lab exercises.

General requirements for theory exercises and lab reports:

• The theory exercises and lab reports are submitted on paper without a cover / binding, within the stated deadline (date and time) at the specified location.
• The theory exercises and lab reports can be a printout from a data file or handwritten with pen / pencil / marker, or a combination of these.
• The sheets must be stapled together (not paper clips), and any spiral edges must be cut away.
• The student's name must be legible at the top of the first page.
• Theory exercises and lab reports that are not fulfilled in the autumn semester can be completed in the spring semester. Approval of lab reports in the spring semester presupposes that the student has approved compulsory participation for laboratory exercises from the autumn semester. It will not be possible to perform lab exercises in the spring semester.
• Lab report can only be submitted for lab exercises where the student has participated.
• In order to be an acceptable lab report, it must contain everything that is requested in the lab booklet, as well as any calculations needed to arrive at the answers. In addition, the report must contain a short conclusion where the student evaluates the results and comments on any deviations from what was expected.
• Reports that were not approved at the first submission can be resubmitted once, after creation / additions together with the report after the next lab exercise. In this case, the original report must be resubmitted, together with a supplement that corrects what was described in the original report, and / or that contains points that are missing in the original report.