MSc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences / Assessment Methods

Ø Assessment methods include the followings:
·         Traditional examination.
·         Project (report, portfolio) assessment: A report may be oral or prepared in written form.
·         Continuous assessment. The student is assessed for the performance of minor tasks and is under constant monitoring without a separate examination.
·         Thesis assessment before defense: involves the assessment of:
-       the competence for autonomous work with information and its analysis and synthesis on the basis of the review of literature on the theme of the thesis.
-       the competence for work with computer data processing software according to the methods of data processing used in the thesis and the graphic or digital presentation of results.
-       the scientific language of the thesis and the capacity for presenting the results obtained to an informed audience.
-       The originality of ideas and written work via plagiarism assessment.
·         Thesis defense and review by the supervisor and examination committee which assess the acquiring of the competences and abilities obtained by the student:
-       to understand essential facts, concepts, principles and theories linked with the theme of the thesis
-       capacity for applying them to the solution of problems
-       ability to evaluate and interpret critically the data obtained
-       ability to provide arguments for thoughts and ideas
-       competence for work with information (the student‘s ability to find information independently or only to use information sources given by the teacher).
-       competence for judgement
-       ability to conduct standard and non-standard procedures
-       ability to work in a group and exchange results obtained, and to interact with other scientists
-       competence to plan an experiment independently
-       competence to work with literature in the English language (key literature in the differen pharmaceutical disciplines and related areas is published in English).