Course syllabus for Applied Bioentrepreneurship 1

Specific entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree or a professional degree equivalent to a Swedish Bachelor's degree of at least 180 credits in health care, biomedicine, biology, cellular and molecular biology, pharmaceutics, chemistry, medicine, biotechnology, or the equivalent. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary school course English 6/English level 2.

At least the grade Pass for the courses "Bioentrepreneurship", "Project management" and "Market Analysis" within the Master's Programme in Bioentrepreneurship.

Students who fail to meet the requirements for work-based practise by demonstrating serious deficiencies in knowledge, skills or attitudes that the trust of the collaborating partner has been jeopardised, will be eligible for re-qualification for new work-based education only after an individual action plan has been successfully completed

Outcomes

The overall aim of the course is for the student to deepen their understanding of the life science industry through an applied project.

Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to, in a practical setting:

• recognize and apply relevant theories and methodologies to a project within the field of bioentrepreneurship,
• plan, execute and present a project that demonstrates knowledge and skills in bioentrepreneurship,
• present and discuss their own work and conclusions in a structured and clear manner,
• critically analyse and provide constructive feedback on the work of their peers, 
• reflect on personal experiences such as own responsibility and collaboration as well as the individual contribution to the project,
• carry out project work in a research- and corporate-ethical manner.

Content

The course consists of a practical placement in cooperation with companies or organisations in the field of life science. The project aims to illustrate or resolve specific issues that the collaborative partner provides.

Practical work
This component consists of the practical work in a project that is performed in cooperation with companies or organisations in the field of life science. The project aims to illustrate or resolve specific issues that the collaborative partner provides.

Integration of theory and practice
This component aims to integrate relevant theoretical knowledge from the programme with the practical part of the project in the course.

Teaching methods

The course is mainly focused on a project assignment that takes place in collaboration with companies/organisations. The project is generally conducted in groups of 2 students. The course includes discussion sessions as well as written and oral assignments.

The course is given at the master's level, where the students are assumed to be familiar with the most common study methods in higher education. The fundamental pedagogical view is based on entrepreneurial learning and requires active student participation.

Examination

The examination for component 1, "Practical work", consists of:

• a written report,
• an oral presentation of the project as well as,
• a critical review of another project.

The examination for component 2, "Integration of theory and practice", consists of an individual assignment.

All these parts are graded Fail/Pass. To obtain the grade Pass on the whole course, all examinations in both components need to receive the grade Pass.

In the event of special circumstances, or if a student with a disability is in need of certain adjustments, the examiner may decide to depart from the syllabus' regulations on examination form, number of examination opportunities, possibility of completion or exemption from compulsory educational elements, etc. Content and intended learning outcomes as well as the level of expected skills, knowledge and abilities must not be altered, removed or lowered.

Compulsory participation
The examiner assesses if and, in that case, how absence from compulsory components can be compensated. The student must participate in all compulsory parts or compensate for absence in accordance with the examiner's instructions, in order to pass the course. Absence from a compulsory activity may result in the student not being able to compensate the absence until the next time the course is given.

Limitation of the number of examinations
Students who have not passed the regular examination are entitled to participate in five more examinations. If the student has not passed the exam after four participations, they are encouraged to visit the study advisor. If the student has failed six examinations/tests, no additional examination or new admission is provided.

Physically attending or otherwise commencing an examination is regarded as an examination session. An examination, for which the student registered but did not participate, is not counted as an examination session.

Project Placement
The examiner may immediately suspend a student's project placement or equivalent if the student demonstrates serious deficiencies in knowledge, skills or attitudes in a way that trust with the partner may be damaged. When the project placement is interrupted in this way, the student will fail the current course element and one project placement opportunity is consumed. In such cases, an individual action plan will be formulated by the course leader, setting out what activities and knowledge tests are required for the student to be able to pass the course.

Other directives

Teaching and examination language is English.

Course evaluation is carried out according to the guidelines that are established by The Committee for Higher Education.

Literature and other teaching aids

Recommended literature

The course always uses the latest edition of the literature.

Saunders, Mark; Lewis, Philip; Thornhill, Adrian., Research methods for business students, Ninth edition : Harlow : Pearson Education, 2023 - xxvii, 860 s. ISBN: 9781292402727, LIBRIS-ID: fw5v0kh1ckpwv4pd,