• actively participate in all aspects of the cours (lectures, exercises and labs),
• show that they are able to work up the Reading Assignments,
• deliver a written report describing the outcome of the group research project(s) *
• prove their skills in solving the problems offered as exercises and
• presenting the essence of a scientific paper related to the student's field of interest in microbial ecology in 15 minutes in English and being able to respond to questions related to it.
• present their research findings at the Minisymposium.

* For comparison you might consult last year's reports.