NSCPHD1063 Introduction Course for New PhD Students (generic course)
This course will give you an introduction to what you can
expect as a PhD student. You will get an overview of the study, the
skills and competences necessary to become a mature and independent
researcher and advice on to how to balance the challenges of your
career with the rest of your life.
The course focuses on:
Career planning – your Personal. Development Plan and Learning
Needs.
Oral presentation techniques.
Scientific writing.
Intellectual property rights and patents.
Project planning and management.
Philosophy of science and good scientific practice.
Collaboration with your supervisors.
You will prepare for the course through reading and a writing
excercise. You will work on your own Personal Development Plan
during and after the course. The Personal Development Plan includes
an ethical essay on a research related topic of your own
choice. As part of the assignment you will discuss your
development plan with your supervisor, so please make an
appointment to meet with her/him 1-2 weeks after the course for
this purpose.
The aim of the course is to offer PhD students tools to manage
their project, their research education and their work/life
balance. This includes confidence building in order to consider
oneself as the center of the PhD as well as technical skills as
scientific writing, representation techniques, knowledge about how
to create networks, develop skills to manage the supervisor
relationship and making a Personal Development Plan to use
throughout the PhD education.
This course will also give you the required – and compulsory –
skills within good research practise. It is therefore not necessary
for you to participate in the mandatory course Responsible Conduct
of Research when you have passed this course.
Material will be forwarded by email. Handouts will be distributed during the course.
- Category
- Hours
- Lectures
- 10
- Preparation
- 10
- Project work
- 25
- Theory exercises
- 30
- Total
- 75
Please make your regestration on the course website
http://www.ind.ku.dk/english/course_overview/PhD_Courses/introduction_course_for_new_phd_students/
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Continuous assessmentWritten assignmentActive participation and assessment of assignments (personal development plan and ethics assignment).
- Aid
- All aids allowed
- Marking scale
- passed/not passed
- Censorship form
- No external censorship
- Exam period
- The Personal Development Plan incl. ethical essay needs to be handed-in 4 weeks after the internship.
- Re-exam
- Personal arrangement.
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- NSCPHD1063
- Credit
- 3 ECTS
- Level
- Ph.D.
- Duration
- The course last 75 hours of work, of which 5 days are held as internship at a hostel close to Copenhagen.
- Placement
- Block 1, Block 2, Block 3 And Block 4
Please use link to se course dates
http://www.ind.ku.dk/english/course_overview/PhD_Courses/introduction_course_for_new_phd_students/ - Schedule
- A full course program will be available 2 weeks prior to each edition of the course. The course begin Monday at 0900 and ends Friday at 1500. There will be lectures until 2200 during the internship.
- Course capacity
- 25 (min. 15).
- Continuing and further education
- Price
Price
Tuition:
Free for PhD students from UCPH Science.
Others DKK 4.500 plus VATOther costs:
All participants need to pay for direct course costs, i.e. teaching materials, transport, accommodation and food provided during the course: DKK 4.200- Study board
- Natural Sciences PhD Committee
Contracting departments
- Department of Science Education
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Course responsibles
- Brian William Wilson Grout (3-687d6d4676726b7434717b346a71)
- Sofie Kobayashi (10-756d7164637b63756a6b426b7066306d7730666d)
Lecturers
Special advisor JBHøj. Academic assistant Skobayashi. Associate professor MGjerris. Consultant CJarløv, Global Denmark. Commercial Officer Nengelhard, TechTrans Other lecturers will be included.