Entry requirements

200 credits within the F programme where the compulsory courses within the specialisation (Applied physics) are approved. Depending on project, additional courses will be required.

Learning outcomes

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

• construct a project plan, independently perform the project according to this plan, continuously report on the status of the project and reasons for, and solutions to, deviations from the original plan
• show deep knowledge about a selected part of applied physics
• search for, interpret and collect relevant scientific and technical literature
• limit a technical problem, find, analyse, interpret and evaluate possible solutions, as well we if required generate hypotheses to explain observations or technical solutions
• orally and in written form present the project in a scientifically and semantically correct way.

Content

Initial (compulsory) lecture on project management. A selection of projects in applied physics at university departments or external companies will be made available and offered to the students. The students are also able to suggest their own projects in collaboration with university departments or external companies.

Instruction

Project work in a group of two or three students, or alone. Lectures.

Assessment

Oral (5 hp) and written (9 hp) presentation of the project. Compulsory participation at the guest lectures on project management and literature searches and hand-in of status reports (1 hp). The oral presentation takes place at the end of the course at Uppsala University, occasionally also at the supervisor's affiliation.

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.