SMUA4300 Advanced Research Methods Course description

Much of the work in students´ scientific or practical work both during their studies and later in their professional life will require a good understanding of research methods and analysis tools and techniques. This course will provide the knowledge and skills necessary for planning and conducting engineering research, for processing data and for analysing results, with special focus upon the most common statistical techniques and data-driven computational techniques as some of the most common tools used in these areas.

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Det benyttes en intern og en ekstern sensor til sensurering av besvarelsene. Et uttrekk på minst 25 % av besvarelsene sensureres av to sensorer. Karakterene på de besvarelsene som er vurdert skal danne grunnlag for å fastsette nivå på resten av besvarelsene.

This course features 3 optional preparatory weeks and 9 weeks of lectures that provide both theoretical and practical content and hands-on experience. The students will be given one mandatory project task to work in groups during the semester.

The preparatory weeks are optional and is for supporting the students who need to build up or renew Python/R programming skills, also using tools like Notebooks for presenting with embedded code. Notebooks will be used widely in lectures, exercises and in the mandatory project.

Students are required to complete one mandatory project assignment in allocated time and get it approved. Students who fail to meet the coursework requirements can be given up to one re-submission opportunity. (more details in Canvas).

1) A final course report in predefined areas prepared in groups of 2 (or more) students, approx. 15 - 20 pages (excluding appendices, but including code and calculations), weighted 60%.

2) Oral presentation and examination of the report, (in the same group as part 1) 15 minutes + 5 minutes Q&A, weighted 40%.

Both assessment parts must be awarded a pass grade (E or better) to pass the course. 

Assessment parts: 1) can be appealed, 2) cannot be appealed

1) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

2) None

Graded scale A-F.

Two internal examiners.

 External examiners are used regularly.

Lena Magnusson Turner