EPN-V2

ITPE3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Bacheloroppgave
Study programme
Bachelor's Degree Programme in Information Technology
Weight
20.0 ECTS
Year of study
2020/2021
Course history

Introduction

The students will take a seven-day individual home exam on a set topic. The scope of the assignment should be approx. 3000 words (+/- 10%).

Required preliminary courses

Individuell skriftlig oppgave: Alle hjelpemidler er tillatt så lenge regler for kildehenvisning følges.

Skriftlig skoleeksamen: Ingen hjelpemidler tillatt. Det kan søkes til fakultetet om å få bruke tospråklig ordbok.

Learning outcomes

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:

  • explaining how projects are managed and how progress is ensured
  • explaining the different stages of a development project and their importance
  • explaining the structure of final documentation
  • explaining the chosen technical architecture and discussing its advantages and disadvantages
  • create project and work plans
  • set up development and test environments
  • develop and test large computer programs in groups
  • install the production version of the system
  • set up final documentation for the project containing both process, product and user documentation
  • collaborate on a larger data project that ends in an end product containing both computer programs and documentation

Skills The student is capable of:

  • developing project and work plans
  • setting up development and test environments
  • developing and testing large-scale computer programs in groups
  • installing a production version of the system
  • preparing final documentation of the project, containing both process, product and user documentation

General competence The student is capable of:

  • cooperating on an extensive computer technology project that culminates in an end product comprising both computer programs and documentation

Teaching and learning methods

The exam papers are graded by one internal and one external examiner. The external examiner will grade 25 % of the exam papers. The grades awarded for the papers assessed by an external examiner form the basis for determining the level for awarding the different grades. The internal examiner shall take the external examiner's assessment into consideration in the grading of all the exams.

Course requirements

  • A poster describing key elements of the bachelor project.

Assessment

A project report in groups (3-4 students).

The project assignment is divided into the four parts ‘product/result’, ‘process’, ‘documentation’ and ‘presentation’. The final grade is given on the basis of an overall assessment of the four parts.

The exam result can be appealed.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All.

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

Two examiners (one internal and one external).

Overlapping courses

Emnet er ekvivalent (overlapper 20 studiepoeng) med: HO912A.

Ved praktisering av 3-gangers regelen for oppmelding til eksamen teller forsøk brukt i ekvivalente emner.