Project planning

Module code

mlsProjects-01a

Abbreviated title

Project

Module components

Seminar

When

Semester 3

Module coordinator/

Organiser

D. Ellinghaus/

IKMB

Lecturers

D. Ellinghaus (IKMB) and guest lecturers

Contact hours

Project planning and management 2 CH, self-managed teamwork 1 CH               

Workload

Total: 150 h

Seminar Project planning and management: 60 h
Attendance time 26 h, preparation 24 h, revision 10 h
Self-managed teamwork:

30 h

Credit points

3

Requirements

-

Expected outcome

Knowledge: Students

- are familiar with structures and organizations in research funding

- know international and national funding agencies, their proposal guidelines

- are familiar with the principals of Good Scientific Practice

- have a basic understanding of project planning in general and milestone/ timeline planning.

Skills: Students

- can implement knowledge about project management for their own studies

- are able to research suitable project layouts for a given task (internet, funding agency guidelines, internal research).

Competences: Students

- can structure their studies better using project management skills

- can design ideas and project sketches for lab experiments in preparation for their Master’s thesis

- can see the use of a wide range of knowledge in different fields and implement it into their studies

- can assemble a draft for a small research proposal/project with realistic timelines and budgets.

Content

Project Management: Design and structure of successful research proposals, work plan development for scientific projects, sample acquisition – ground rules, sample processing, data security, Good Scientific Practice.

Module evaluation/

exam

Ungraded (pass/fail distinction)

Oral group presentation

Media used

PPT presentations, student work group presentations

Literature

Current articles