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Introduction to Bachelor Thesis, 4 ECTS credits.
/Introduktion till examensarbete/
For:
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Prel. scheduled
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Rec. self-study hours: 107
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Area of Education: Humanities
Main field of studies: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering
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Advancement level
(G1, G2, A): G2
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Aim:
After completing the course students at undergraduate level shall:
- be able to use basic concepts of scientific method
- be able to write scientific and technical text with good academic standards.
- have a good knowledge of and be able to select and evaluate relevant engineering and scientific methods in their subject area.
- independently design and criticize a plan for a scientific study.
- independently assess scientific work.
- be able to independently seek and critically examine the sources in their subject area.
- be able to independently compiling scientific and technical information.
- be able to independently assess and deal with ethical issues and societal aspects of scientific and technical work.
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Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Advanced knowledge and skills in the main subject area.
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
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Organisation:
The course is organized in lectures, seminars and assignments.
The course will be a preliminary study for a thesis degree project carried out, including the formulation of research questions, literature search and compilation of a theoretical framework, and methodology description.
The course also examines various scientific aspects within the thesis seminar.
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Course contents:
- Scientific Method: The aim of scientific methods, quantitative methods, qualitative methods.
- Scientific writing
- Literature search and selection
- Criticism: reliability and validity
- Reference management
- Research ethics
- Societal aspects of research and technological development
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Course literature:
The course literature will be posted on the course website.
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Examination: |
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Assignments
Seminars
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2 ECTS
2 ECTS
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Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IDA.
Director of Studies: Ahmed Rezine
Examiner: Aseel Berglund
Course Syllabus in Swedish
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