SMUA5100 Urban Analytics and Visualisation Emneplan

The master's thesis is an independent piece of work carried out by a student or a group of students under supervision. Group work is encouraged if the master's thesis is related to a large-scale industrial or research project. The thesis shall take the form of a written report prepared in a scholarly format, and an oral presentation of the thesis. The report must describe the research question and the work carried out and explain the result.

If the thesis is written in cooperation with an external partner, the student(s) shall be assigned an external supervisor in addition to their internal supervisor.

The theses will be presented and discussed at seminars with fellow students and supervisors.

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

2) None

The following required coursework must be approved before a student can take the exam:

A minimum of two milestone meetings between the student and supervisor.

The master's thesis consists of an individual written report that demonstrates the knowledge, skills and general competence described above, and an oral presentation at a plenary session. The thesis should be written in English. The oral presentation of the thesis and questioning by the examiner will take place in English. Prototypes and/or other products that the student has developed can be included as part of the thesis.

Students must be awarded an E or better on their thesis to be permitted to give the presentation. The master's thesis and the presentation will be assessed as a whole, but if there is doubt about the grading of the thesis, the grade can be adjusted up or down by one grade on the basis of the quality of the presentation and pertaining questioning.

Students can appeal against the grade awarded for the written thesis. If the grade is changed due to a re-assessment, the student must take the oral exam again. The oral exam grade cannot be appealed.

This course features 10 weeks lectures with 10 parallel lab sessions to provide theoretical content and preliminary hands-on experience. The lab sessions will be preceded with one or two weeks of (primarily technical) preparatory sessions.

Two examiners, one internal and one external.

No formal requirements over and above the admission requirements.

Upon completing the course, the student should have the following outcomes:

Knowledge:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student will achieve advanced knowledge about:

• the integration of land use and transportation planning
• theories of transportation, mode choice, and travel behavior
• multi-modal transportation planning
• planning for safe, efficient, equitable, and sustainable cities
• metrics for evaluating urban mobility
• new and emerging technologies in land use and transportation planning

Skills:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student is capable of:

• making use of travel behavior models
• applying metrics to evaluate transportation policy and planning
• applying appropriate methods and software (e.g., statistics and GIS) to evaluate transportation systems and gaps
• translating theory to practice in urban mobility

General competence:

Upon successfully completion of the course, the student:

• has a broad overview of the current state of urban mobility, its challenges, and future trends
• is able to present academic results and evaluations both to specialists and to the general public

This course is a combination of lectures, seminars, and field-trips in the Oslo area (physically or digitally). The course features 5 weeks lectures, 2 software training sessions to provide theoretical content and preliminary hands-on experience.

4 individual assignments. Students who fail to meet the coursework requirements can be given up to one re-submission opportunity.

The exam consist of two parts:

1) Project report prepared in groups of 2 students (or more), approx. 15-20 pages (excl. appendices), weighted 80%.

2) Oral presentation and examination of the project report, weighted 20%

Grading is individual, which means that grades may differ within each group. Both oral and written examinations can be presented/written in teams. To ensure that individual grading should be possible, each group of students will provide a written and signed statement in where each individual's contribution is clearly stated and explained

All 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