Scientific Methods and Application

5 credits

Syllabus, Master's level, 1GV107

This course has been discontinued.

A revised version of the syllabus is available.

Code: 1GV107
Education cycle: Second cycle
Main field(s) of study and in-depth level: Energy Technology with focus on Wind Power A1N
Grading system: Pass (G), Fail (U)
Finalised by: The Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 12 March 2015
Responsible department: Department of Earth Sciences

Entry requirements

A Bachelor's degree of 180 Swedish credits in either engineering, natural or social science.

At the end of the course, the students will be able to:

be familiar with the basic structure of a scientific document and with the contents of a postgraduate thesis
write a consistent thesis proposal including all different steps of academic reasoning
build an energy and environmental research protocol as a part of a research proposal

Quantitative and Qualitative research methods, statistical analysis, data collection and experimental design
Steps of academic reasoning and structure of a scientific document and postgraduate thesis (Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Literature review, Methodology, Case-Study, Results presentation, Sensitivity analysis, Discussion, Conclusions, References, Appendices)
Contemporary applied research: how it is performed, what is a research proposal and project, proposal evaluation and criteria, project execution and management.