Course outline
Acquired skills
These are the main competences for which this degree will qualify you:
- G001. Acquiring an ability for analysis, synthesis and reasoning in the application of the scientific method.
- G002. Developing self-directed learning on a continuous basis and fostering initiative and adaptation to new situations.
- G003. Acquiring the ability to pass on ideas and conveying them to specialist and non-specialist audiences, fostering the use of foreign languages, especially English.
- G004. Acquiring an ability to co-operate and work in multidisciplinary, multicultural teams and in an international context, while respecting gender equality.
- G005. Developing the skills required to apply the knowledge acquired to the world of work.
- G006. Acquiring creativity and entrepreneurship with a view to drawing up, designing and managing projects, seeking out and incorporating new knowledge and attitudes.
- G007. Developing a commitment to ethics, to quality as a motivation and to the ability to take part in social debate, showing sensitivity towards environmental and social issues.
- G008. Developing organisational, planning and leadership skills in decision-making.
- G009. A knowledge of the scientific bases required to understand the behaviour of bio-molecules, their properties and their interactions and of biochemical engineering and industrial processes.
- G012. Acquiring an overview of the metabolism, and of systems for adaptation to physiological and environmental changes.
- G013. Controlling material and energy balances in bio-industrial processes and bio-technology production equipment.
- G014. Working properly in a laboratory, including chemical, biological and radiological safety, the handling and elimination of chemical waste and the recording of activities.
- G017. The proper use of basic knowledge of instrumental techniques to obtain information, design experiments and interpret results applied to biotechnology.
- G018. Analysing and properly interpreting data and results of experiments in this area, making proper use of basic quantitative tools.
- G019. Learning about the procedures usually used by scientists to generate, pass on and disclose scientific information; acquiring the ability to assess that information and express it in accurate, scientific terms using area-specific terminology.