Course development
On this page, you can see how the course has developed over time. For each course offering, course data is displayed (number of registered students and course results, along with planned changes for the next session). All course syllabuses and course memos are shown on the page Archive.
The information can help prospective, current, and former students with course selection, or to follow up on their own participation. Teachers, course coordinators, examiners, program directors, and others can use the page as a resource for course development.
2025
When the course analysis has been published, the course data, course memo and course syllabus are displayed.
2024
Doktorand ( Start date 16 Jan 2024, English ) , Spring 2024-60193 ( Start date 16 Jan 2024, English )
Changes planned for the next course offering
No information inserted
Coordinator
Lauren McKeeExaminers
Anders AnderssonStudents
44Course syllabus
Course syllabus BB2560 ( Spring 2022 - )Course memo
Course memo BB2560 Spring 2024-60193-60840Compulsory within programme
TMBIM, TIMBMCourse analysis
Course analysis BB2560: 2 May 2024Changes introduced for this course offering
This year we added a new peer review aspect to the lab report, which is the graded course examination. This began with an interactive workshop on how to give and take effective feedback, and culminated in peer-to-peer assessment of lab reports.Examination grade
88.6%
2023
Doktorand ( Start date 17 Jan 2023, English ) , Spring 2023-60888 ( Start date 17 Jan 2023, English )
Changes planned for the next course offering
No information inserted
Coordinator
Lauren McKeeExaminers
Anders AnderssonStudents
42*Course syllabus
Course syllabus BB2560 ( Spring 2022 - )Course memo
Course memo BB2560 Spring 2023-60786-60888Compulsory within programme
TIMBM, TMBIMCourse analysis
Course analysis BB2560: 9 May 2023Changes introduced for this course offering
Not much was changed this year. We continue to have a large lab report instead of a timed exam for the final assignment, and this is working well. Students enjoy the project, and we find it to be an effective assessment of skills and knowledge.Course data has been registered manually
Examination grade
95.2%
2022
Spring 2022-1 ( Start date 18/01/2022, English )
Changes planned for the next course offering
No information inserted
Coordinator
Lauren McKeeExaminers
Anders AnderssonStudents
56Course syllabus
Course syllabus BB2560 ( Spring 2022 - )Course memo
Course memo BB2560 Spring 2022-61689Compulsory within programme
TMBIM, TIMBMCourse analysis
Course analysis BB2560: 12 Sept 2022Changes introduced for this course offering
This year for the first time, we did not have a time exam as the final TEN1 assessment. Instead, we assigned final course grades based on individual lab reports based on teh experiments performed during the course. This mode of assessment emphasises critical and analytical thinking, and data presentation, as well as the contextual use of supporting information from lectures and published articles.Examination grade
94.6%
2021
Spring 2021-1 ( Start date 18/01/2021, English )
Changes planned for the next course offering
No information inserted
Coordinator
Lauren McKeeExaminers
Anders AnderssonStudents
59Course syllabus
Course syllabus BB2560 ( Spring 2020 - Spring 2021 )Course memo
Course memo BB2560 Spring 2021-60406Compulsory within programme
TMBIM, TIMBMCourse analysis
Course analysis BB2560: 6 Jul 2021Changes introduced for this course offering
This year the course had to be given entirely online because of the Covid-19 pandemic, so the lab project was altered to be a re-analysis of published data (rather than students collecting and extarcting their own samples). Our teachers and guest lecturers directly discussed the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of impact on human microbiome, clinical diagnostics and tracking, and municipal wastewater monitoring.Course data has been registered manually
Examination grade
91%*
2020
Spring 2020-1 ( Start date 15/01/2020, English )
Changes planned for the next course offering
No information inserted
Coordinator
Lauren McKeeExaminers
Anders AnderssonStudents
42Course syllabus
Course syllabus BB2560 ( Spring 2020 - Spring 2021 )Course memo
Course memo BB2560 Spring 2020-60909Compulsory within programme
TMBIM, TIMBMCourse analysis
Course analysis BB2560: 29 Apr 2020Changes introduced for this course offering
Compared to 2019, the course modules for 2020 were altered to be more in line with the Intended Learning Outcomes. Specifically, we introduced a new module focussing on the use of metagenomic technologies for clinical diagnostics. Assignment deadlines are now more spread throughout the whole course, instead of having multiple deadlines in the final week. All assignment deadlines are now provided on the first day of the course. The lab project was also altered to give students more ability to direct their own studies - students work together to design the metagenomic study performed in the lab course, whereas in previous course offerings the teachers had designed the study and chosen sampling sites.Course data has been registered manually
Examination grade
87%*
2019
Spring 2019-1 ( Start date 15/01/2019, English )
Changes planned for the next course offering
No information inserted
Coordinator
Lauren McKeeExaminers
Anders AnderssonStudents
39Course syllabus
Course syllabus BB2560 ( Spring 2019 - Autumn 2019 )Course memo
No course memo addedCompulsory within programme
No information insertedCourse analysis
Course analysis BB2560: 1 Feb 2020Changes introduced for this course offering
This course was offered for the first time in 2019.Course data has been registered manually
Examination grade
92%*