Recommended prerequisite for participation in
the module
The module adds to the knowledge obtained in the first three
semesters of the master programme.
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Students who complete the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
After completion of the project, the student should within the
following topics:
- Have knowledge and comprehension within the field of risk and
safety management at the highest international level.
- Be able to critically evaluate knowledge and identify new
scientific problems within risk and safety management.
- Have understanding of implications within the related research
area including research ethics.
Skills
After completion of the project, the student should within the
following topics:
- Independently explain choice of scientific theoretical and/or
experimental methods to solve a risk and safety management
problem.
- 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 engineering methods in
research and development in the field of risk and safety
management.
- Be able to, if necessary, develop new methods for solving a
specific problem in the field of risk and safety management.
- 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
After completion of the project, the student should within the
following topics:
- Be able to work independently with a project on a specific
problem within risk and safety management 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.
- Must be able to communicate the results of the project work in
a project report.
Type of instruction
Project work with supervision 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 |
ECTS | 30 |
Permitted aids | Der henvises til den pågældende
semesterbeskrivelse/kursusbeskrivelse i Moodle. |
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 |