Origins Interspecial

30 EC

Semester 1, periode 1, 2, 3

5092ORI30Y

Eigenaar Bachelor Natuur- en Sterrenkunde (joint degree)
Coördinator Alessandra Candian
Onderdeel van Minor Origins Interspecial, jaar 1

Studiewijzer 2024/2025

Globale inhoud

The complexity of the world we live and the advance of technology and knowledge drives the need for interdisciplinary research. An example is the human quest to understand how life originated on Earth, more than 13.7 billions year ago.

Questions surrounding the topic of Origin of Life requires a wide range of expertise: think about the international team of scientists - chemists, astronomers, physicists, computer scientists, biologists, mathematicians, engineers, earth scientists - that sent the Rosetta space mission to a comet and collect information on its composition.

In this integrated minor, students will work on a interdisciplinary research project on the Origin of Life, supervised  by scientists from the Faculty of Science of UvA, bringing their own specialistic knowledge to address. At the same time, students will attend a series of workshops that will give the opportunity to develop interdisicplinary skills and put them to practice directly in the research project. The goal of the minor is to provide students with expertise and experience in working in Interdisciplinary team as specialists. At the end of the minor, each interdisciplinary team will present their findings during a symposium.

 

Leerdoelen

  • The student understands basic knowledge needed for understanding the issues related with the Origin of Life including, but not limited to, astronomy, physics, chemistry, biology and computer science.
  • The student will be able to describe the main open questions in their field related to the origin of life
  • The student will be able to contribute their disciplinary knowledges/skills to an interdisciplinary challenge within a team
  • The student will be able to analyse and formulate research results and draw conclusions
  • The student will be able to identify their role and contribution within an interdisciplinary team
  • The student will be able to reflect on their own professional strengths, weaknesses and values
  • The student will be able to implement reproducibility and open science practices in their own research practice
  • The student will be able to present processes, methods and results in a clear and concise manner to specialists and generalists – both written and orally .

Onderwijsvormen

  • Presentatie/symposium
  • Zelfstudie
  • Zelfstandig werken aan bijv. project/scriptie
  • Begeleiding/feedbackmoment
  • Workshop
  • Public Lectures

Feedback moments with researchers and experts will be established to guide students's learning.

During the workshops, student will learn how to develop skills and put them into practice in their own project. Students are expected to show up to these prepared, having read the any preparatory material and to actively take part in the
in the practical activities.

Students will attend the AMsterdam Centre for Origin Of Life (AMCOOL) public lecture series.

 

Verdeling leeractiviteiten

Activitity

Hours

 

Self-study

190

 

Project work + feedback moments

380

 

Workshops

120

 

Working on Individual assignment

57

 

Working on group assignment

76

 

Symposium

17

 

Totaal

840

(30 EC x 28 uur)

Aanwezigheid

Aanwezigheidseisen opleiding (OER-B):

  • Van elke student wordt actieve deelname verwacht aan het onderwijsonderdeel waarvoor hij staat ingeschreven. Een student die de eerste twee werkcolleges van een lesblok geen gebruik maakt van de werkcolleges, zal administratief uit de werkcollegegroep verwijderd worden. Een verzoek opnieuw ingeschreven te worden bij de werkcolleges kan ingediend worden bij de opleidingscoördinator.
  • Als een student door overmacht niet aanwezig kan zijn bij een verplicht onderdeel van het onderdeel, dient hij dit zo snel mogelijk schriftelijk te melden bij de betreffende docent. De docent kan, eventueel na overleg met de studieadviseur, besluiten om de student een vervangende opdracht op te leggen.
  • Het is niet toegestaan om verplichte onderdelen van een onderdeel te missen als er geen sprake is van overmacht.
  • Bij kwalitatief of kwantitatief onvoldoende deelname, kan de examinator de student uitsluiten van verdere deelname aan het onderdeel of een gedeelte daarvan. Voorwaarden voor voldoende deelname worden van te voren vastgelegd in de studiewijzer.
  • Ter uitbreiding van de bovenstaande regels geldt voor de vakken in het eerste semester van het eerste jaar dat een student bij minimaal 80% van de werkcolleges aanwezig dient te zijn. Bovendien moet worden deelgenomen aan eventuele tussentoetsen en verplicht gesteld huiswerk. Als niet aan deze verplichting is voldaan, wordt de student uitgesloten voor de herkansing van het bijbehorende vak. Studenten in het Dubbele Bachelor programma Wis- en Natuurkunde zijn vrijgesteld van deze plicht. In geval van persoonlijke omstandigheden, zoals in OER-A Artikel A-6.4 omschreven, wordt in overleg met de studieadviseur een afwijkend studieplan gemaakt.

Toetsing

Onderdeel en weging Details

Eindcijfer

The final grade will be calculated based on  individual and group assignments as specified below

Individual (50%): disciplinary report on the project (40%) + reflection (10%)

Group (50%): project research-journal (40%) + presentation at mini-symposium (10%)

Since this is the first time this minor run, there might be some adjustement to the assignments depending on number of students enrolled and their disciplines. While all students will learn and practice interdisciplinary skills, it is expected that each students will learn different notions related to the topic of the origin of life and how their field can contribute to it.

Inzage toetsing

You can make an appointment with the course coordinator to inspect and discuss your results. If
you want to do so, please send an email to the course coordinator

Opdrachten

Disciplinary report on the research project (Individual, 40%)

You will write a  short scientific report on the research project highligthing the background and contribution of your own discipline (e.g. chemistry) to the research project

Reflection (Individual, 10%)

You will write a personal reflection on interdisciplinary skills and collaboration and how your view have changed (if they had) during the minor.

Project Research Journal (Group, 40%)

During the project the team will main a reaserch journal collecting collaboration agreements, final research question and research plan and timeline,  work procedure and data management plan. The different elements of this research jorunal will constritute

Poster resentation (group, 10%)

The outcome of the project will be presented with a poster during the Symposium.

Details on the grading and % of the final grade will be made available via Canvas.

Fraude en plagiaat

Dit vak hanteert de algemene 'Fraude- en plagiaatregeling' van de UvA. Hier wordt nauwkeurig op gecontroleerd. Bij verdenking van fraude of plagiaat wordt de examencommissie van de opleiding ingeschakeld. Zie de Fraude- en plagiaatregeling van de UvA: http://student.uva.nl

Weekplanning

Provisional weekplanning (tbc)
Week Month
Activities
36 September

Introduction meeting

Workshop "The Interdisciplinary Research Cycle"

Self-study

37  

Feedback session

Milestones toward  assignments 2 & 3

Self-study

38  

Workshop "The dream team, design and collaboration"

Feedback session

Self-study

39  

Milestones toward assignments 2 & 3

Workshop "Open Science - part 1"

Self-study

40 October

Workshop "Open Science - part 2"

Feedback session

Milestones toward assignments 1 & 3

Self-study

41  

Social event

Workshop "Cultural and disciplinary awareness"

Milestones toward assignments 2 & 3

Self-study

42  

Feedback moment

Self-study

43  

Workshop "Interdisciplinary writing"

Feedback moment

Milestone toward assignment 

Self-study

44 November

Milestone toward assignment 3

Mid-term festive meeting

Self-study

45 - 51 November/December

Weekly Feeback moments

Working on OOL project

51    Workshop "Science communication"
52-01 December/January  Holidays
02  

Feedback moment

Working on OOL project

03  

Mini - Symposium

Assignment 4 due

04  

Final meeting

Assignments 1,2,3 due

Aanvullende informatie

Because this is the first time this minor runs, last minute changes might happen. They will be asap communicated by e-mail via Canvas.

The courses will be taught in English.

Contactinformatie

Coördinator

  • Alessandra Candian

Teachers

Esther Quaedackers

Annemieke Petrignani

Boris Berkhout