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 |
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.
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.
Activitity |
Hours |
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Self-study |
190 |
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Project work + feedback moments |
380 |
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Workshops |
120 |
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Working on Individual assignment |
57 |
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Working on group assignment |
76 |
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Symposium |
17 |
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Totaal |
840 |
(30 EC x 28 uur) |
Aanwezigheidseisen opleiding (OER-B):
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.
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
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.
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
Provisional weekplanning (tbc) |
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Week | Month |
Activities |
36 | September |
Introduction meeting Workshop "The Interdisciplinary Research Cycle" Self-study |
37 |
Feedback session Milestones toward assignments 2 & 3 Self-study |
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38 |
Workshop "The dream team, design and collaboration" Feedback session Self-study |
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39 |
Milestones toward assignments 2 & 3 Workshop "Open Science - part 1" Self-study |
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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 |
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42 |
Feedback moment Self-study |
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43 |
Workshop "Interdisciplinary writing" Feedback moment Milestone toward assignment Self-study |
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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 |
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03 |
Mini - Symposium Assignment 4 due |
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04 |
Final meeting Assignments 1,2,3 due |
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.
Esther Quaedackers
Annemieke Petrignani
Boris Berkhout