KJTS3900 Bachelor Thesis Course description

Students shall apply the knowledge and skills they have acquired in over the course of the degree programme to a realistic engineering problem. They shall demonstrate the ability to further develop their knowledge and skills in theoretical and/or practical problem-solving. Students shall demonstrate a responsible and ethical approach to their professional expertise. The course builds on the first and second years of the study programme.

The course is based on the first and second years of study in the study program.

Students must be registered in the third year and have completed at least 100 credits from the first and second years by the 1st of October before they are assigned a topic for their 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 processing knowledge of science and technology to solve biotechnology and chemistry-related problems
• is capable of proposing alternative technical solutions, and analysing and quality assuring the results.

Skills

The student:

• is capable of translating knowledge into practical solutions
• masters modern analytical and biotechnology methods and has knowledge of safe laboratory work
• is capable of quality assuring and analysing results obtained in a project
• is capable of documenting and discussing results, both orally and in writing
• is capable of obtaining literature and other background information of relevance to the project, and writing reports based on standardised methods.

General competence

The student:

• is capable of carrying out an engineering assignment based on a practical industrial or research-related issue in an independent and systematic manner
• masters both independent work and team work, including planning and implementation of engineering projects
• has the ability to place their own work in a wider engineering context.

The bachelor's thesis is an independent project assignment carried out in groups of students. The content of the thesis shall be relevant to the programme. The bachelor's thesis shall be method-oriented and problem-oriented, and shall be organised in a manner that allows students to use knowledge and skills from several fields.

The thesis shall preferably be written in cooperation with an enterprise, industry organisation or public institution.

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

• course in literature searches and source criticism
• approved progress schedule
• two oral presentations.

The assessment of the group bachelor's thesis (2-4 students) will be based on the execution of the project, the report, an oral presentation and a poster in English.

1.    The execution and oral presentation count 40% and are assessed on the basis of the project's level of difficulty and the students planning, progress, initiative, practical skills, assessment skills, independence and cooperation skills. This part of the project cannot be appealed.

2.    The report and the poster count 60% and are assessed on the basis of their academic quality, clear presentation, systematic structure, language, academic references and the students degree of independence in the writing process.

Both parts of the exam must be awarded an E or better in order for the student to pass the course.

Only the grade given for part 2 (the written report) can be appealed.

All.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.