Entry requirements

120 credits with 75 credits in physics or 75 credits in chemistry. Participation in Introduction to Materials Science and Materials Synthesis and Characterisation. Proficiency in English equivalent to the Swedish upper secondary course English 6.

Learning outcomes

On completion of the course the student shall be able to:

• independently search, evaluate and compile relevant information required for work in an interdisciplinary project and plan for practical execution of the project and carry it out under supervision. 
• apply and explain the importance of trial planning. 
• present own work with an interdisciplinary perspective orally and in writing. 
• assess other people's suggestions and work in the form of discussion at seminars and presentations 

Content

Material synthesis and characterization as well as material theory, practical work in focus. A group of two students will work together on a project where they exchange knowledge to solve a problem. The project can be either experimental or computationally oriented, or both.

Instruction

Group supervision. Seminars.

Assessment

Written report. Oral presentation in a seminar. 

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the disability coordinator of the university.