. "Materials Chemistry"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Advanced mineralogy: minerals as materials"@en . . "7.5" . "In the first year, students with 'Biochemistry' specialization should choose four courses out of these five specialization courses offered.\n\nThe course has the following four aims:\n- Gain knowledge about current research themes and methods in mineralogy, mineral physics and material science.\n- Learn how to apply quantitative models to answer mineralogical and material science questions.\n- Gain awareness of analytical techniques available to study mineralogical research questions.\n- Acquire the ability to understand and critically examine scientific literature in this field.\n\nThis course will cover the following topics:\n- Crystallography, including point and space groups for crystal symmetry, reciprocal lattice.\n- Solid-state physics, including bonding and electronic structure of solids, surface to bulk properties of materials.\n- Advanced analytical tools, including spectroscopic and synchrotron methods as well as atomic force microscopy.\n- Modelling mineral systems, including thermodynamic and molecular dynamics simulations.\n- Mineral-fluid interaction.\n- Amorphous materials.\n- Hot topics at the overlap between mineralogical and material science (e.g., zeolites, carbon-phases, perovskite).\n- Hot topics in biomineralization.\n\nDevelopment of transferable skills\nWritten communications skills: The coursework of this course includes a written component, both as practical reports and a scientific abstract writing exercise in which phrasing, grammar etc. is also part of the grading scheme. Students are expected to hand in a first draft on which they receive feedback on the science and writing style from the lecturers before handing in the final version. \nVerbal communication skills: During this course, we hold a mini-conference linked to the abstract writing exercise. The students are given a recent scientific article covering one of the areas discussed during the course and must produce a short presentation to teach the rest of the group about the subject. Feedback is given on presentation skills by both the lecturers and the student’s peers.\nProblem-solving skills: throughout the lectures and practical sessions students are given tasks that require mathematical, kinesthetic and/or reasoning methods to approach the problems and find the solution. This includes examining/processing data.\nTechnical skills: the students are introduced to the following analytical techniques during the course: infra-red and Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and interferometry. In addition, the students will work with the following simulation packages: PHREEQC (solution speciation modelling).\nAnalytical/quantitative skills: Students are given data from TEM, AFM, and Raman spectroscopy investigations to analyse during the practical assignments. The student’s use various analytical programs to analyse the data (Fityk: Raman data, Nanoscope Analysis: AFM) as well as working on paper." . . "Presential"@en . "TRUE" . . "Master of Earth, Life and Climate"@en . . "https://www.uu.nl/en/masters/earth-life-and-climate" . "120"^^ . "Presential"@en . "Topics you will study during this two-year programme include amongst others the origin and evolution of life, major transitions in earth’s history, dynamics of sedimentary systems, carbon sources and sinks, biogeochemical and geochemical cycles, climate change and its impact on natural environments such as glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, groundwater, wetlands, estuaries, and oceans. You will learn state-of-the-art reconstruction methods, modelling techniques, and laboratory experiments that has been developed and applied in a wide range of earth and beta science disciplines, such as biogeology, palaeontology, palynology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, environmental geochemistry, organic geochemistry, hydrology, physical geography, geology, biology, climate dynamics, marine sciences and palaeoceanography. You will utilise these skills in your own research project or internship in preparation for an international career in applied or fundamental research."@en . . . . . "2"@en . "FALSE" . . "Master"@en . "Thesis" . "2314.00" . "Euro"@en . "21736.00" . "Mandatory" . "Many graduates from the Earth, Life and Climate programme go on to find employment in research. Typical professional profiles of graduates include Geologist, Sedimentologist, Biogeologist, Physical Geographer, Stratigrapher, Paleoceanographer, Palaeoclimatologist, Geochemist and Hydrologist."@en . "4"^^ . "TRUE" . "Downstream"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .