Final exam: A 2-hour open book exam (no multiple choice – only short/long answer questions), designed to assess the students’ ability to describe and discuss multiple aspects of biomaterials science and engineering.

Tutorial based learning activities: A series of scavenger-hunt style mini-assessments, including research-based and practical-based tasks, which encourage students to seek additional knowledge and content from external sources, and apply their knowledge and findings in the completion of these activities.

For the BMET9961 Masters level students, the final exam and tutorial learning activities will include additional reflective questions regarding the latest state-of-the-art in biomaterials research

Lecture quizzes: ~1% weekly MCQ/short answer quizzes assessing student’s ability to recall key concepts and facts. These can be completed during and/or after the lecture – no specified time limit is applied, but must be completed before the tutorial sessions.

Biomaterials in Industry Report: Students write up an investigative report on the biomaterials used in specific commercially available medical devices and implants, and assess the suitability of the biomaterials in these biomedical applications. This is an assessment for groups of three students.

Biomaterials Shark Tank: Students form hypothetical medtech companies, and propose the use of recently developed biomaterials in literature to replace currently used biomaterials for a new product. Students need to consider not only biomaterials aspects, but also potential cost and manufacturing aspects. The groups will be identical to the previous “Biomaterials in Industry Report”.

Biomaterials Shark Tank Supplementary Report: Groups write up a 3-4 page report on the rationale of biomaterial choice for their new product.