Admission Requirements
This course is available only for students in the minor Sustainable Chemistry and Biotechnology
Description
The students will address a sustainability problem of choice in small groups. They will define the topic themselves, find literature to give a qualitative and quantitative description of the problem and critically discuss one or more possible solutions. The group project runs over the full length of the minor and also trains the students on transferable skills such as teamwork, leadership, critical thinking and oral and written communication. The assessment is based on presentations, reports and discussions with the other student groups
Course Objectives
At the end of the course students:
can evaluate a potential sustainable solution to a chemistry and/or biotechnology problem
demonstrate a capacity to collaborate in interdisciplinary and contribute to a shared goal
demonstrate a capacity to lead and manage change through collaboration with others
can report and reflect on research findings in written and verbal forms
understand the process of designing a research project from its inception to the final product
Timetable
In MyTimetable, you can find all course and programme schedules, allowing you to create your personal timetable. Activities for which you have enrolled via MyStudyMap will automatically appear in your timetable.
Additionally, you can easily link MyTimetable to a calendar app on your phone, and schedule changes will be automatically updated in your calendar. You can also choose to receive email notifications about schedule changes. You can enable notifications in Settings after logging in.
Questions? Watch the video, read the instructions, or contact the ISSC helpdesk.
Note: Joint Degree students from Leiden/Delft need to combine information from both the Leiden and Delft MyTimetables to see a complete schedule. This video explains how to do it.
Mode of instruction
Group work with instructions and soft skills with the instruction from E-learning skills platformN.A
Assessment Method
The final grade for the course is established by determining the weighted average. There is no opportunity to re-take the exam.
1) Group presentation (individual grade 30%)
2) Report (30%) (including the minutes of the group meetings (handed in per period), from which it should be clear how the group dealt with feedback, (missing) milestones, setbacks, etc)
3) Peer feedback (20%)
4) Self-assessment (20%) (Questionnaires/assessment forms filled in by individual student related to his/her function in the progress of the group handed in per period
Reading List
N.A.
Registration
As a student, you are responsible for enrolling on time through MyStudyMap.
In this short video, you can see step-by-step how to enrol for courses in MyStudyMap.
Extensive information about the operation of MyStudyMap can be found here.
There are two enrolment periods per year:
Enrolment for the fall opens in July
Enrolment for the spring opens in December
See this page for more information about deadlines and enrolling for courses and exams.
Note:
It is mandatory to enrol for all activities of a course that you are going to follow.
Your enrolment is only complete when you submit your course planning in the ‘Ready for enrolment’ tab by clicking ‘Send’.
Not being enrolled for an exam/resit means that you are not allowed to participate in the exam/resit.
Contact
Dennis Hetterscheid Yuemei Lin
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Software
Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, the Faculty of Science will use the software distribution platform Academic Software. Through this platform, you can access the software needed for specific courses in your studies. For some software, your laptop must meet certain system requirements, which will be specified with the software. It is important to install the software before the start of the course. More information about the laptop requirements can be found on the student website.