EPN-V2

DATA3730 Introduction to IT research Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Introduksjon til IT-forskning
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2021/2022
Course history
Curriculum
FALL 2021
SPRING 2022
Schedule
Programme description

  • Introduction

    Project relevant to research: The student group will carry out an IT project as part of a research project at OsloMet or another research or educational institution. Completion of the course requires work on the project corresponding to two days a week over a 12-week period. If the project is carried out during the summer, the work must correspond to four days a week over a six-week period.

    In addition to the projects on offer, the individual or student group can find their own relevant research project within an existing project at OsloMet or another research or educational institution. In this case, students must receive formal approval of participation from the head of the research project and have a defined a sub-project that the student/group will work on. The sub-project must be formally approved by the course leader as relevant and as having a suitable theme and scope. If the research project is not carried out at OsloMet, the head of the research project must appoint a project supervisor. In addition, each student group will be assigned an internal supervisor at OsloMet.

    This elective course will only run if a sufficient number of students a registered.

  • Required preliminary courses

    No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

  • Learning outcomes

    This course, together with Mathematics 1000, will give students an understanding of mathematical concepts, issues and solution methods with the focus on applications. The course will also give students an understanding of concepts in statistics and probability theory, problems and solution methods with the focus on applications in their own field and in the engineering field in general.

  • Teaching and learning methods

    No requirements over and above the admission requirements.

  • Course requirements

    The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam:

    • A compulsory Orientation Meeting.
    • A project outline that describes how the group will organise their work on the project.
    • A standard learning agreement must be entered into between the project provider/supervisor and the student(s), and this must be approved by an internal supervisor before the project can begin.
    • Three minutes of meetings from the supervision meetings held during the project period.

    The deadline for submitting the project outline and the minutes of the meetings will be presented in the teaching plan, which is made available at the beginning of the semester.

  • Assessment

    None.

  • Permitted exam materials and equipment

    Individual written exam, 3 hours.

    The exam result can be appealed.

  • Grading scale

    Aids enclosed with the exam question paper, and a handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

  • Examiners

    Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.