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| AQT254 |
Basic Aquaculture Engineering |
| Course responsible |
Odd Ivar Lekang |
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| Number of credits allocated |
5.0 |
| Language |
English |
| Limits for class size |
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| Semester/trimester |
| August block |
Autumn parallel |
January block |
Spring parallel |
June block |
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| Colour explanation: Red/yellow = teaching periods. The red period indicates when the teaching starts. |
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| Teachers |
Eriksen Bjørn Frode. |
| Type of course |
Activities consist of lectures and literature studies for a three week period ending with a written examination. The estimated activity includes 8 hours with lectures and theoretical exercises per week + individual literature studies. |
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| Reduction of credits for overlapping courses |
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| Prerequisites |
Bachelor degree in life science or ongoing bachelor degree studies at UMB. |
| Recommended prerequisites |
AKX100, or equivalent. |
| Exam |
S |
| Assessment methods |
Written examination, 3 hours, counts 100%. |
| Grading |
A-F |
| Examination aids |
B1: distributed calculator, no other aids. |
| Nominal workload |
Lectures, exercises and homework, approx. 150 hours. |
| Course frequency |
Annually |
| Comment on frequency |
- |
| Teaching methods |
Lectures and exercices are used as learning method. Models of components will also be shown to increase the understanding of the function. |
| Teaching support |
Teachers are available in the course period by phone and e-mail. |
| Examiner |
An external examiner is used for evaluation and quality control of course plans and the written examination. The procedures and considerations done when assessing the individual students performances are described in a standardised form that follows the assessment results. |
| Entrance requirements |
Special requirements in Science
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| This course is part of the university’s total course offering in aquaculture (and aquaculture engineering), but is also suited for other student groups which have the required background. The course may be taken as a distance course but the examination must be taken at UMB or other approved institution. |
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| Objective of course |
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The aim of the course is to give the student basic knowledge on technical equipment, methods and systems that are nessessary for aquaculture production. |
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| Course contents |
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| The course gives an overview over technical equipment used in aquaculture production, how it function and is constructed. The course is divided in three modules, 1. Water transport and water treatment, 2. Production units, 3. Additional necessary equipment. |
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| Syllabus |
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| Lekang, O.I. 2007. Aquaculture engineering. Blackwell publishing. A literature list is handed out at the first lecture. |
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| Last updated |
2012-04-13 |
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