ITI40314 Selected Topics (Autumn 2020)
Facts about the course
- ECTS Credits:
- 15
- Responsible faculty:
- Avdeling for informasjonsteknologi
- Campus:
- Halden
- Course Leader:
- Jan Høiberg
- Teaching language:
- English
- Duration:
- ½ year
Table of contents
The course is affiliated to the following study programme
Required prerequisite knowledge
Teaching semester
First half of third semester (autumn - to the middle of October) in the full time programme.
Fifth semester in the part time programme.
Content
The course aims at preparing the student for his/her master thesis. The content is chosen individually and is related to the master project.
The student shall, together with his/her supervisor, find literature (books, articles, webpages) that is relevant for the master project. The student shall produce a report summing up this literature and give an oral presentation of the report.
The student's learning outcomes on passing the course
Knowledge
The student has attained acquaintance and knowledge about the content of literature relevant for the themes of the master thesis.
Skills
The student is able to account for, both orally and in writing, the content of literature relevant for the themes of the master thesis.
General competence
The student is able to write academic texts.
Teaching and learning methods
Workload
Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam
The student must attend a mandatory seminar in academic writing and a library course.
Coursework requirements must be accepted to qualify for the exam.
Exam
Individual report and oral exam
The assessment is based on two parts:
- An individual report summing up the literature (books, articles, webpages) that is relevant for the student’s selected topic.
- An individual oral exam, where the student presents and discusses his/her selected topic. Duration approx. 20-30 min. Except the presentation, no supporting materials are allowed.
In both parts, the grading is individual with a "pass / no pass" mark.
The report must be assessed to "pass" before an oral examination can be conducted. The result "no pass" can be appealed. If the result is changed to "pass", an oral exam will be arranged.
Both parts of the exam must be passed to pass the exam as a whole.