MAPSD5900 Master's Thesis in Mental Health Care Course description

The master's thesis is an independent and systematic piece of scientific work. The master's thesis should have a clinical and/or organisational focus on mental health, mental disorders and mental health care. The student(s) can be affiliated with internal and external research environments and development projects in the field of mental health.

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 will learn about:

• Use of robots in industry and research
• Calculation and analysis of robot movement
• Programming and control of different robot types
• Common sensors, actuators and control electronics in robotics
• Physical prototyping and building of robots

Skills

The student is capable of:

• Programming and verification of solutions on a real robot
• Choose relevant sensors and actuators for a robot system
• Processing simple sensor data

General competence

The student:

• Understand the basic principles needed to design and build robots
• Discuss and justify own choices and priorities within the robotics field
• Develop robot systems from the planning phase to prototype testing

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

Knowledge

The student has

• advanced knowledge of mental health, mental disorders and mental health care
• in-depth knowledge about theories of science and research methods of relevance to the completion of the master's thesis

Skills

The student is capable of

• carrying out a limited research or development project under supervision in accordance with applicable research ethics standards
• using relevant methods in research and development work

Competence

The student

• has competence in research and development work and can assess the methods used and results from scientific investigations and evaluations
• is capable of taking an analytical and critical approach to the research process and knowledge development
• is capable of reflecting on the ethical aspects of the research process and knowledge development

Seminars will be held where the students submit drafts of the master's thesis text, which will be reviewed and discussed at the seminar.

Ten hours of individual supervision is available for the master's thesis.

The master's thesis shall be submitted as a monograph or as an article script. Up to two students can co-write a joint master's thesis. A note must accompany the submission of the thesis, stating the parts of the thesis that each student has had main responsibility for.

Individual assignments in monograph form are expected to have a scope of 50 pages (+/- 20%). Monograph theses written by two students are expected to have a scope of around 70 pages.

Individual theses in article form shall comprise one scientific article. The student(s) must also write an explanatory text, in which they shall present and discuss thematic and methodological aspects of the master's thesis that are not adequately covered in the articles. Theses in article form written by two students shall consist of two scientific articles that are thematically linked, and an explanatory text. In the explanatory text, the student(s) shall present and discuss thematic and methodological aspects of the master's thesis that are not adequately covered in the articles. The article and the explanatory text shall together constitute a maximum of 50 pages for individual theses and a maximum of 70 pages when two students write articles together.

The exam is a portfolio exam consisting of the following:

• Results of four assignments given out during the semester
• Reports from lab exercises
• Project report prepared in groups of 2-4 students. The report should be approximately 20-30 pages, including content list and reference list
• Video presentation of the project

Each student's work will be assessed together as a portfolio with one individual grade at the end of the semester, but all parts that make up the portfolio must be assessed as 'pass' in order for the student to pass the course.

The exam can be appealed. If a student fails the portfolio assessment, they will be given one opportunity to resubmit the portfolio.

In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, an oral examination may be used instead. In case an oral exam is used, the examination result cannot be appealed.

All.

Grade scale A-F.

Two internal examiners.

(External examiners are used regularly)

The course builds on ELFE1000 Mathematics 1000.