BAPD1400 Experimental use of Materials and techniques Course description

A student who has completed this course should have the following learning outcomes, defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

On successful completion of this course the student:

• has specialized knowledge on the specific areas of their Master thesis

Skills

On successful completion of this course the student

• can clearly define and limit problem areas
• can connect his/her own project to relevant research literature
• can plan and carry out limited research or development projects
• can identify types and scopes of results which are required to ensure the claims and conclusions are scientifically valid
• can reflect on the decisions made and their consequences for the project

General competence

On successful completion of this course the student

• can apply knowledge and skills in new areas and carry out advanced projects
• can analyse and deal critically with developed products or collected data
• can carry out comprehensive independent study
• can contribute to the innovation of universally designed ICT solutions

Successful completion of MT1 (Phase 1) and MT2 (Phase 2) forms the basis for MT3. The work is carried out under the guidance of the supervisor appointed at the start of MT1. Full-time students are expected to complete MT3 (Phase 3 - final Master's thesis) in the 4th semester. Part-time students are expected to complete MT3 (Phase 3 - final Master's thesis) in the 8th semester.

There are no coursework requirements in this course.

In this course, students will become familiar with and skilled in innovation with form and experimentation with material properties.

Goal:

To organise and present results of experiments with unpredictable results.

The purpose of the work is to create a collection of experiments with materials and surfaces. The student will reflect on methods and results and, in turn, use the material in context.

• Individual students will be assessed based on the written Master thesis (15 000 - 20 000 words in APA style 6th Edition). This part of the examination counts 90% of the final grade.
• Individual oral presentation (30 minutes). This part of the examination counts 10% of the final grade.

Both exams must be passed in order to pass the course.

The oral presentation cannot be appealed.

One internal and one external examiner will assess the Master's thesis and oral presentation.

Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements:

• Part 1. Contribution to the class’s joint materials library:
  • Physical documentation
  • Written and visual documentation (4-8 A4 pages)
• Part 2:
  • Physical object, idea sketches, models and material testing.
  • Presentation portfolio in A3 format containing a comprehensive and thorough visual process description (sketch material, text and images). Minimum of 15 pages.
• Part 3. Workshop manual
  • Supplementary submissions in the form of written and, if applicable, illustrated notes on all pages under the titles Mine notater (‘My notes’) in the workbook Verkstedhåndbok (‘Workshop manual’). This means that the workbook is re-introduced in this course and supplemented in relation to the course BAPD1010.

All parts of the portfolio must be passed (grade E or better) in order to pass the exam in the course.

The exam result can be appealed.

All.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

Kristin Andreassen