| Responsible Department | Department of Basic Science and Environment |
| Research School | Environmental Chemistry, Microbiology and Toxicology (RECETO) |
| Course Dates | Any time, but usually late spring or autumn |
| Course Abstract | RECETO intensive courses adress specific topics covering one or more of the six core areas of RECETO. Topics usually comprise specific disciplins and/or tools, e.g. methods used in ecotoxicology, sampling techniques, and analytical environmental chemistry. |
| Course Home Page | http://www.receto.dk |
| Course Registration | Info about registration for the course will be announced via the receto homepage |
| Deadline for Registration | Will be announced on the RECETO homepage |
| Credits | 6 (ECTS) |
| Level of Course | PhD course |
| Language of Instruction | English |
| Course Content | |
| RECETO intensive courses consist of three parts each with a duration of one week. During the first week the participants prepare themselves for the course by reading selected texts (textbook material, journal papers), by carrying out exercises provided by the teachers and making short notes/reports on selected topics provided by the teachers (e.g. summarizing environmental fate and ecotoxicology of particular pollutants to be treated in detail at the course). A videoconference may be organized at start-up of the course. During the second week of the course the participants gets together at a convention centre, field station, or at a university campus. The second week concentrates on lectures, exercises (theoretical, laboratory), computer work (e.g. modelling, litterature search) and project work. Usually lectures take place in the morning and afternoons are reserved for exercises. During this week the course participants choose a project topic and project work is commenced. The participants may be asked to present for the class selected material prepared during the first course week, and part of their project preliminary work. Project work continues during afternoons and nights. Course participants may be asked to carry out exercises or short reports to be evaluated during the second week. An excursion may be included in the program of the second week. After the week of intense teaching, the course participants continue work on their project and a project report (or alternatively a poster) is submitted usually within two months from the start of the course. | |
| Teaching and learning Methods | |
| 1 week of preparation, 1 week of intensive teaching, and 1 week for preparing final report. | |
| Learning Outcome | |
| The aims of the courses are either to provide a concentrated hands-on introduction and training in a particular discipline/tool. All intensive courses aim to introduce the participants to state-of-the-art concepts, techniques, models, tools, laboratory and computational approaches. RECETO intensive courses deviates from RECETO summerschools by being more narrow in scope, practical and oriented towards training of specific tools and procedures. Usually the intensive courses are taught by RECETO supervisors. | |
| Course Coordinator | |
| Hans Chr. Bruun Hansen, haha@life.ku.dk, Department of Basic Sciences and Environment/Soil and Environmental Chemistry, Phone: 353-32418 | |
| Other Lecturers | |
| 2 - 4 external lecturers which are specialists on the topics taught. | |
| Course Fee | |
| The course is free for students affiliated with the research school RECETO. Other participants pay a course fee (accommodation and subsidence) and non-PhD-students also pay a fee for the teaching. | |
| Course Costs | |
| The participants may have to purchase teaching material (ususally photocopies); in addition modest costs in relation to laboratory consumables may have to be covered | |
| Type of Evaluation | |
| Evaluation of exercises, lab reports, case studies and final report. | |