| Responsible Department | Department of Veterinary Disease Biology | ||||||||||||
| Course Dates | 24 January - 4 February 2011 The venue is Dep. of Animal Scence, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania Participants need to cover their own travel costs | ||||||||||||
| Course Abstract | The main objective of this PhD course is to strengthen the capabilities of participants in relation to research planning, management and reporting in order to meet the organizational, logistic and scientific challenges associated with implementation of PhD projects. | ||||||||||||
| Course Registration | Please submit application to the course manager Christopher Saarnak, cls@life.ku.dk | ||||||||||||
| Deadline for Registration | 22/12/2010 | ||||||||||||
| Credits | 4 (ECTS) | ||||||||||||
| Level of Course | PhD course | ||||||||||||
| Language of Instruction | English | ||||||||||||
| Restrictions | There is a maximum of 30 students | ||||||||||||
| Course Content | |||||||||||||
| The following modules will be covered: * Research ethics * From research questions to objective development * Scientific reading and writing * Literature search * Qualitative research * Research theory * GPS, Georeferencing: mapping your studies * Questionnaire surveys * Quantitative research * Statistics and data handling * Project management | |||||||||||||
| Teaching and learning Methods | |||||||||||||
| The course combines lectures, seminars, group work, tutorials, demonstrations, and practical exercises both individually and in groups. The diverse educational and professional backgrounds of participants will allow development of cross-disciplinary group work and exchange of experience, thus facilitating the learning process. Much emphasis will be put on problem-oriented learning and the general well-being of the participants. Course programme and module description will follow. | |||||||||||||
| Learning Outcome | |||||||||||||
| The course is targeted at graduates of Master level in biological disciplines, veterinary science, medicine and social science, who already or intend to pursue research training at PhD level or the equivalent. Participation is open to candidates from SUA, Danida financed students, ICONZ PhDs, and other related applicants. Priority will be given to applicants already enrolled in a PhD programme | |||||||||||||
| Course Material | |||||||||||||
| Materials and articles to be used during the various modules will be handed out at the beginning of the course. We encourage participants to bring their own laptops. | |||||||||||||
| Course Coordinator | |||||||||||||
| Christopher Florian Larsen Saarnak, cls@life.ku.dk, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology/PSU - Parasitology, Health and Development, Phone: 353-31417 Maria Vang Johansen, mvj@life.ku.dk, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology/PSU - Parasitology, Health and Development, Phone: 353-31438 | |||||||||||||
| Other Lecturers | |||||||||||||
| Annette Olsen, IVS Birgitte Jyding Vennervald, IVS | |||||||||||||
| Course Fee | |||||||||||||
| There is a course fee of 100 USD to cover costs for materials, food and liquids. | |||||||||||||
| Type of Evaluation | |||||||||||||
| Written exam. | |||||||||||||
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