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

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Two internal examiners. External examiners are used regularly.

Birte Brekketo og Ilmi G. Mathiesen