Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Skill 1: Have acquired highly specialised and integrated knowledge and broad skills inbiological sciences, adding to those covered in the Bachelor's programme in biological sciences.
• Skill 2: Have acquired professional skills relating to the degree.
• Apply, mobilise, articulate and promote the knowledge and skills acquired in order to contribute to the achievement of research project in biology.
• Master the complexity of such work and take into account the objectives and constraints which characterise it.
• Skill 3: Conduct extensive research and development projects related to biological sciences.
• Apply, mobilise, articulate and promote the knowledge and skills acquired in order to help lead and complete a project.
• Contributing to a project by mastering its complexity and taking into account the objectives, allocated resources and constraints that characterise it.
• Work alone or in teams to understand unprecedented problems in biological sciences and their applications.
• Skill 6: Apply scientific methodology.
• Critically reflect on the impact of their discipline in general, and on the contribution to projects.
• Demonstrate thoroughness, independence, creativity, intellectual honesty, and ethical values.

Learning Outcomes of UE

After this teaching, the students will control the essential concepts of Microbial Biotechnology and understand its most recent developments.

Content of UE

1. Introduction
2. Therapeutics.
3. Agriculture (GMOs)
4. Food industry
5. Environmental applications  : wastewater treatment; bioregenerative systems (MELiSSA loop); Bioremediation; Microbial Fuel Cells; Microbial reporters
6. Microbial fuels
7. Microbial plastics
8. Biolixiviation
9. Nanoparticles and nanotubes
10. Metagenomics

Prior Experience

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q2

• Oral Examination

Q2 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable

Type of Assessment for UE in Q3

• Oral examination

Q3 UE Assessment Comments

Not applicable