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Mini-projects

Marking scale: Pass with distinction = >80%; Pass with credit = 60-80%; Pass = 40-60%; Fail = <40%

Language: English

Prerequisites: English language test: 450 points in written International TOEFL test or 4.5 in academic IELTS test.

Duration: 8 weeks

Location: Cantho University

Objectives

After completing the course the student should be able to:

• Plan and execute experiments on use of biological resources for productive purposes
• Understand how to plan and construct the facilities needed for experiments with animals, plants and soils
• Collect and organize in computer spreadsheets the data from an experiment
• Make a statistical analysis of data from an experiment
• Present the results of the analysis in the form of tables and
• Prepare computer-aided presentation of their experiment
• Carry out the basic analyses in the laboratory of dry matter and nitrogen

Content

Planning and executing an experiment. Recording the data. Chemical analysis in the laboratory. Statistical analysis of the data. Presenting the results of the experiment with the computer and projector. Writing the report of the experiment.

Scheduled activities Hours Compulsory
Lectures approx. 12 no
Exercises and discussions approx. 160 yes
Examination and evaluation approx. 8 yes

Individual studies, not scheduled

Literature studies approx. 80 no

Literature

Required reading

Tropical Animal Feeding; Manual for Research Workers. T R Preston, APHP series No 126, FAO, Rome

Examination

Written report and oral presentation of the results of the project