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Moncef Gabbouj

Implementations

	Period 1	Period 2	Period 3	Period 4	Period 5	Summer
Lecture	2 h/week	2 h/week	-	-	-	-
Assignment	-	-	50 h/per	-	-	-

(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
Course provides basic understanding of post-graduate studies and scientific and applied research. After the course students are able to find a research problem, review literature, and prepare an initial plan for post-graduate studies and research. Students will also have basic knowledge on research methods.

Requirements for completing the course
A course assignment.

Evaluation criteria for the course

Prerequisites
Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

Remarks

The course is organized by the Department of Information Technology and is compulsory for post-graduate students in signal processing. Students applying to the post-graduate program should take this course no later than during the first year of their post-graduate studies. The Web-based implementation allows students to pass the course at any time during the academic year. The students can be officially accepted to the program only after passing this course. The course is also recommended for MSc students aiming at working in R&D projects in industry.

Distance learning

- In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
- In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
- In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
- In interaction and discussion, such as online discussions, chat

- Contact teaching: 20 %
- Distance learning: 0 %
- Proportion of a student's independent study: 80 %

Scaling

Methods of instruction	Hours
Lectures	24
Assignments	50
Total sum	74

Correspondence of content
8009992 Orientation to Postgraduate Studies

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Last modified	18.04.2007
Modified by	Sari Peltonen