Study Guide@lith
 

Linköping Institute of Technology

 
 
Valid for year : 2017
 
TDIU14 Introduction to Bachelor Thesis, 4 ECTS credits.
/Introduktion till examensarbete/

For:   DI   EL  

 

Prel. scheduled hours:
Rec. self-study hours: 107

  Area of Education: Humanities

Main field of studies: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering

  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2

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.


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.

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.


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


Course literature:
The course literature will be posted on the course website.

Examination:
Assignments
Seminars
2 ECTS
2 ECTS
 



Course language is Swedish.
Department offering the course: IDA.
Director of Studies: Ahmed Rezine
Examiner: Aseel Berglund

Course Syllabus in Swedish

Linköping Institute of Technology

 


Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 03/21/2017