Immunology 9 ECTS- covers the immune system in extreme detail.
Teaching is primarily based on workgroups, which function as small scale seminars
(+) Very interesting course and a lot of different topics covered
(-) Very intense and heavy workload
Infectious agents and immunity 6 ECTS - continuation of the immunology course with more emphasis on infectious diseases such as Malaria and HIV
Teaching is primarily lecture based but there are also a few workgroups. Also involves two projects.
(+) Extremely interesting topic (it was my favourite course whilst in Leiden) and the workload was less than Immunology
(-) A lot of article reading
CIS (communication in science) 3 ECTS - course with the purpose of improving our writing and presenting skills.
Course involved 1 presentation and 2 short essays/text writing assignments
(+) felt very useful and had a adequate workload. I feel that the feedback received during this course will be very useful for my scientific writing in the future
(-) No minus
BAST (Biomedical academic science training) 2 ECTS - course involving a few lectures, a interview with PhD student and a text + presentation based on the lectures and interview
(+) very useful course in giving me insight into my future as a potential scientist.
(-) The planning of the course was not ideal and it often clashed with other courses giving a lot more stress.
ECG for exchange students 3 ECTS - involved a few lectures explaning ECG and the rest was writing of a report on a cardiac condition or any other topic related to cardiac physiology
(+) very good course responsible and interesting and useful course
(-) same as with BAST, poor planning leading to increased stress
Physiology 8 ECTS - course covering cardiovascular and renal physiology as well as homeostasis.
(+) Very fun and interesting subject with good teachers.
(-) very big workload and extremely intense (should be longer than 6 weeks)
In summary, I found my courses at Leiden to be very interesting and useful but sometimes the workload was very intense, which is something that I am not as used to at KI.