MSc thesis, professional master
Subjects: MSc thesis, professional master (90 ECTS)
Credits: 30 ECTS
Target Audience: Final year MSc students in Product and system design
Prerequisite: Fulfilled 60 ECTS credits and passed in all mandatory subjects.
Objectives: Do an individual in depth design task within the area of product and system design. Depth, independence, professional use of theory and methods will be focused.
Topics: To be defined individually.
Course readings: To be individually decided.
Instructions:
The MSc thesis is independent work. The task will be tided to an industrial task. The student will get a supervisor from both the Aalesund University College and from a company.
The thesis can be a part of a visit at another university. The thesis will be evaluated at Aalesund University College.
Mandatory Assignment: A pre-study report with a plan of the work to be done have to be delivered within 3 weeks after the start of the thesis work. An A3 sheet illustrating the work is to be included in this pre-study. A template for this presentation is available on the web site for the master program. This sheet should be updated when the Master’s thesis is submitted. Weekly supervision and feedback.
Written theses have to be delivered. Perform an oral presentation and make a poster/exhibition of the work. The sensor and the staff may ask questions as a part of the presentations.
Evaluation: Written thesis, oral presentation and poster/exhibition.
The thesis should be written as a research report with summary, conclusion, literature references, table of contents, etc. During preparation of the text, the candidate should make efforts to create a well arranged and well written report. To ease the evaluation of the thesis, it is important to cross-reference text, tables and figures. For evaluation of the work a thorough discussion of results is appreciated.
The thesis shall be submitted as two paper versions. One electronic version is also requested on a CD or a DVD, preferably as a pdf-file.
Grades: A – F where the grade F represents failure.
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