ELTS3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

Prerequisite knowledge

Students must be registered in the third year and have completed at least 100 credits from the first and second years by 1 October before they are assigned a topic for their bachelor’s thesis.

Requirement for preliminary project

A project outline (separate form) must be approved by 15 November. It is the students’ responsibility to:

• form project groups consisting of four members
• contact an enterprise and agree on a collaboration for the bachelor’s thesis
• define a research question and a draft solution for the bachelor’s thesis

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• is capable of using and further developing their knowledge and expertise from several of the subject areas in the bachelor’s degree programme to carry out a realistic engineering assignment

Skills

The student:

• is capable of planning and carrying out a large-scale project in the field
• is capable of leading project meetings and communicating solutions both orally and in writing
• has practical experience of the basic principles behind scientific work methods, including searching for, assessing and using specialist literature and writing a scientific report
• is capable of searching for and assessing relevant specialist literature and writing the theoretical part of a scientific report based on this material

General competence

The student:

• is capable of translating knowledge into practical solutions
• is capable, in an independent and systematic manner, of carrying out an engineering assignment based on a practical industrial or research-related issue
• is capable of communicating electronic engineering and information technology knowledge both orally and in writing, in both Norwegian and English
• masters both independent work and team work, including the planning and implementation of a large-scale engineering project
• demonstrates a responsible and ethical approach in their professional expertise

The assignment of bachelor’s theses is based on the guidelines applicable to the faculty and the study programme. The thesis is preferably written in cooperation with a business or research community. A supervisor from the study programme will be appointed. For projects carried out in cooperation with an enterprise or public agency, an external supervisor will also be appointed.

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

• two lectures (start-up and report writing)
• preliminary project
• one meeting with the course coordinator
• one oral presentation

Students may be required to write the thesis in English.

Gjennom emnet skal studentene utvikle forståelse av databaseteori og databaseadministrasjon. De skal videre oppnå kunnskap og ferdigheter i datamodellering og bruk av databaser. Studentene skal få kunnskaper om og erfaring med prosesser og metoder for omforming av semantisk datamodeller til databaser. Etter emnet skal studentene kunne opprette og vedlikeholde enkle relasjonsdatabaser og bruke disse i en pedagogisk sammenheng. Emnet gir grunnlag for å undervise i hovedområdet Databaser i programfaget Informasjonsteknologi 1 i videregående skole.

Grade scale A-F.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.