YFHD3900 Bachelor’s assignment - Comprehensive vocational teacher competence Course description

Normally taught in English. Taught in Norwegian if no English-speaking students are taking the course.

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In this course, you will plan and carry out a small-scale research project under supervision. The objective is to get a sense of what it is like to conduct research in the field of nursing. You will carry out the project in groups of students under the supervision of the lecturer with a view to understand and apply research. The group itself will choose the problem area and data collection and analysis methods to be used. The results will be published in a project report.

Admission to the programme.

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

KnowledgeThe student

• can describe common data collection and analysis methods
• can assess quantitative and qualitative results with a critical approach to methods
• can describe how it is possible to update your own skills in a chosen subject area and how to contribute to developing professional practice

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SkillsThe student

• can formulate a research question, competently carry out a literature search and plan research under supervision
• can collect and analyse data, and present results from a mini-research project orally and in writing in the form of a project report
• can reflect on current procedures and methods, and take the initiative to engage in dialogue about the implementation of new knowledge and new work methods

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CompetenceThe student

• can develop expertise in a chosen subject area and contribute to developing professional practice
• can reflect on nursing issues within a chosen subject area

Lectures, seminars, self-study and group work.

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The first week comprises lectures about research and research methods, and students will also be divided into groups, choose their topic and plan the project. The second week comprises supervised group work with data collection and analysis. In the third week, students will write their project report, and present and discuss the results.

This course provides the fundamentals of geotechnical soil characterization by introducing a wide range of in-situ field investigation techniques and laboratory experiments. Students will be familiar with field and laboratory testing: from auger sampling to CPT, and from basic index tests to the most advanced stress path apparatuses, together with the interpretation of the data obtained. The knowledge of soil behavior will be reinforced, allowing students to understand practical problems when deriving geotechnical parameters. The compilation and integration of field and laboratory data into a geotechnical ground model will be discussed.

Group home exam

• 3-5 students per group.
• The exam period extends throughout the course.
• Scope of 3,000 words (+/- 10%).

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Resit exam: A student who fails the ordinary exam can submit a reworked version once as a resit.

The assignment can be given in English or Scandinavian language. The individual group must deliver in the same language.

After completing this course, the student will gain the following knowledge, skills, and general competence:

Knowledge

Students have in-depth knowledge of:

• Desk study resources, understanding your site and the conditions
• Onshore and offshore site investigation techniques related to drilling, in-situ sampling, and testing,
• Geotechnical index and advanced laboratory tests,
• Experimental data assessment and interpretation.

Skills

Students can:

• distinguish different drilling, sampling, and field techniques to be used to obtain high-quality samples, and to derive geotechnical parameters in the field,
• select adequate laboratory tests for a range of geotechnical design problems and know how to interpret geotechnical laboratory test results.

General competence

Students:

• are familiar with drilling, sampling, and testing field techniques, and can decide which technique to use in the field depending on the specific soil conditions,
• can understand the basic principles of geotechnical testing apparatuses and can conduct index and advanced tests.
• can interpret geotechnical test results and critically identify the advantages, and disadvantages of different testing techniques,
• can translate geotechnical test results into a ground model.

Lectures, exercises, laboratory and field visits, and written project report. Practical laboratory experiments and field visits will be coordinated with the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, NGI. Parts of the lectures will be covered by relevant international and national guest lecturers.

Online lectures will be recorded, and the material will be made available to students on Canvas

The following work requirements are mandatory and must be approved prior to the exam:

3 group exercises of 2-4 students: 1 exercise on laboratory testing, 1 on site investigation, and 1 on ground modelling. All exercises are part of applied engineering problems.