F2026

International Bachelor Study Programme in Natural Science

Basic course

English

Students will be signed up for this course by the study administration. If you have taken the course before and need to be signed up again please contact inm-exams@ruc.dk

Course runs in the first weeks of the semester To follow this course you must have completed the Lab Safety Course. If you have not completed that please let the studieadministration know.

Experiments are a cornerstone of natural scientific investigations of nature.

Basic course 2 presents several central experimental methods, and you learn to obtain, analyze and interpret empirical data using quantitative and qualitative methods, so that you can compare experimental and theoretical results. Furthermore, you learn to handle common and safety-related procedures in the laboratory, including chemical and gene technology-classified laboratories.

Basic course 2 supports Basic Project 2, where the students explore the interplay between theory, model, experiment, and simulation in natural science and often do experimental work in their BP2.

Regarding the use of generative AI at the exam

In this course, generative AI tools (GAI) are allowed in the work on the exam if their use is declared. You must clearly indicate how you have used generative artificial intelligence (GAI). This can, for example, be included as part of a methodology section or as a brief statement at the end of your exam paper or submitted as an appendix to your assignment. This means that you must describe how you have used GAI, for example, for preparatory work on the assignment, to ask questions, search and process information, receive feedback and critique on your text, perform proofreading, or improve language and readability. It is important that you actively consider your choice of tools in this way, as it is part of the entire creation process of the assignment and thus part of your scientific method and academic communication.

The use of any specific text that is GAI-generated requires citation, just like the use of any other sources from which direct quotes are taken.

The use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) must always take place within the framework of Roskilde University's ‘Guidelines for using generative artificial intelligence in exams’. In the library's guide, you can see more about how to cite AI, how you can declare your use of GAI, and read Roskilde University’s Guidelines - https://libguides.ruc.dk/AI.

Regular spell check and other language suggestions, as known from Word or other word processing programs, as well as programs for writing minutes and transcription, are allowed in all written exams and do not need to be declared.

About 15 hours of laboratory work in both Biology, Physics and Chemistry. In addition 8 hours of environmental science activities. Reports are handed in by teams after the laboratory sessions.

Work load:

• 54 hrs of laboratory time

• 28 hrs of laboratory preparation

• 53 hrs of report work

Total 135 hr

Notes and guidelines for the laboratory work provide at the course.

Feedback is given during the laboratory work and on the reports, which need to be approved.

The course includes formative evaluation based on dialogue between the students and the teacher(s) (as well as written feedback on the reports).

At the end, the course is evaluated through a questionnaire in SurveyXact. The Study Board will handle all evaluations along with any comments from the course responsible teacher.

INM Registration & Exams (inm-exams@ruc.dk)

Martin Niss (maniss@ruc.dk)

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• Knowledge of core concepts, relationships, and empirical methods in chemistry, physics, biology, and environmental science

• Skills to produce data within chemistry, physics, biology, and environmental science

• Skills to analyze and interpret data using quantitative and qualitative methods

• Skills to be able to follow and assess experimental procedures

• Skills to be able to handle common and safety-related procedures in chemical and gene technology-classified laboratories

• Skills to use relevant IT tools in connection with empirical work

• The competence to compare experimental, numerical and analytical results

• The competence to be able to process, use, interpret, and assess data obtained with methods from chemistry, physics, biology, and environmental science to answer scientific questions

Mandatory course

The course includes exemplary lab exercises in the fields of chemistry, physics, biology, and environmental science with a focus on empirical methods to obtain data.

Laboratory exercises.

The course is passed through regular, active and satisfactory participation.

Regular participation is defined as:
The student must be present for a minimum of 75 per cent of the experimental/practical parts of the course including the elaboration of analyses and interpretation of data in reports.

Active and satisfactory participation is defined as:
The student must participate in course-related activities (e.g. workshops, seminars, field excursions, process study groups, working conferences, supervision groups, feedback sessions). The student must demonstrate acquiring skills mentioned in the learning outcomes and assessment criteria. The student must submit a number of group laboratory experiment reports.

Assessment: pass/Fail.

Reexam:
Students that have been present for a minimum of 75 per cent of the experimental/practical parts of the course but not have had all the experiment reports approved must re-submit the reports. The reports must be approved by the teacher.

Samme som ordinær eksamen / same form as ordinary exam