The course is included in these curricula and study modules
- Industrial management 2005 (native finnish speaking students) - Thesis work and methodology
- Industrial management 2005 (native swedish speaking students) - Thesis work and methodology
- Industrial management 2005 (international students) - Thesis work and methodology
- Industrial management 2006 (native finnish speaking students) - Thesis work and methodology
- Industrial management 2006 (native swedish speaking students) - Thesis work and methodology
- Industrial management 2006 (international students) - Thesis work and methodology
- Plastics technology 2007 (swedish) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2008 (swedish) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2009 (swedish) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2010 (swedish) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2011 (swedish) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2012 (swedish) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2013 (swedish) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2007 (international students) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2007 (native finnish speaking students) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2007 (native swedish speaking students) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2008 (international students) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2008 (native finnish speaking students) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2008 (native swedish speaking students) - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2009 - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2010 - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2011 - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2012 - Methodology and thesis work
- Plastics technology 2013 - Methodology and thesis work
- Distributed energy systems 2011 - Degree thesis and methodology
- Environmental and energy engineering 2014 - Degree thesis and methodology
Level/category
Professional studies
Teaching language
English
Type of course
Compulsory
Cycle/level of course
First
Recommended year of study
4
Total number of ECTS
3 cr
Competency aims
The aim of the course is to give students the required experience and skills required for planning, performing and reporting any significant research project, and in particular the thesis topic.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student is expected to be able to:
- get the opportunity to do the degree thesis for a company
- write & submit a research proposal for a thesis topic
- conduct a literature search on the thesis topic and write a a literature review.
- make a plan for experiments and analyse the data
- present the results in a complete and systematic manner
Course contents
- Approaching companies (CV, covering letter and interview).
- Selecting a thesis topic
- The research proposal
- literature search and review
- patents as a source of information
- project plan for own thesis
- plan of experiment and presentation of results
Prerequisites and co-requisites
more than 70 % of the courses in plastics tehcnology passed (>150 cr)
Previous course names
None
Additional information
Target for presence during lectures: 75 %. Deadlines for exercises and reports will be given during the lectures.
Students are required to attend Thesis Forums
Recommended or required reading
lecture notes
Study activities
- Lectures - 20 hours
- Individual- and group instruction - 5 hours
- Project- and production work/artistic activities - 35 hours
- Individual studies - 20 hours
Workload
- Total workload of the course: 80 hours
- Of which autonomous studies: 80 hours
- Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours
Mode of Delivery
Multiform education
Assessment methods
Essays, reports, productions and portfolio
Assessment requirements
All assignments and reports approved
Teacher
- Kimberley Nigel
- Wiberg Björn
- Åvall Ann-Kristin
Examiner
Kimberley Nigel
Home page of the course
Group size
No limit
Assignments valid until
Until date 2014-12-20
Assessment methods
Date will be announced later - Reports and productions