Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
Students who complete the module:
- Have knowledge and comprehension within the field of the
specialization at the highest international level
- Be able to critically evaluate knowledge and identify new
scientific problems within the field of the specialization
- Have understanding of implications within the related research
area including research ethics
Skills
Students who complete the module:
- Independently explain choice of scientific theoretical and/or
experimental methods
- During the project and when finalising it make an independent
and critical estimation of the chosen theories and methods as well
as the analyses, results and conclusions
- Be able to apply a wide range of methods in research and
development in the field of specialization
- Be able to communicate relevant scientific and professional
aspects of project work in a clear and systematic way both to
specialists and the public
Competences
Students who complete the module:
- Be able to work independently with a project on a specific
problem within the field of the specialization at the highest
international level
- Independently be able to define and analyse scientific problems
and based on that make and state the reasons for the decisions
made
- Be competent to solve new and complicated technical problems by
the use of advanced mathematics, scientific and technological
knowledge
- Be able to evaluate the progress of the project independently
and select and include additional literature, experiments or data
when needed in order to maintain a scientific basis for the
project
- Be able to control complex and unexpected working situations
and be able to develop new solutions
- Can independently initiate and implement discipline-specific
and interdisciplinary cooperation and assume professional
responsibility
- Must be able to communicate the results of the project work in
a project report
Type of instruction
Project work with supervision possibly supplemented with
instructions, workshops, presentation seminars, lab tests, etc.
Extent and expected workload
The module is 30 ECTS which is corresponding to
900 hours of study.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Master’s Thesis |
Type of exam | Master's thesis/final project
Oral exam based on presentation seminar and project
rapport. |
ECTS | 30 |
Assessment | 7-point grading scale |
Type of grading | External examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |
Additional information
The Master’s thesis must include an English summary.* If
the project is written in English, the summary can be in
Danish. The summary must be at least 1 page and not more than 2
pages. The summary is included in the evaluation of the project as
a whole.
* Or another foreign language (upon approval from the Board
of Studies).