Course Catalog 2008-2009 Basic Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Course´s person responsible

Timo Hämäläinen, Olli Vainio, Marko Hännikäinen, Jari Nurmi, Jarmo Takala

Implementations

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Requirements

Giving a 15-20 min seminar presentation of the topic area of one's own master's thesis and responding to questions about it from the audience. Starting the study year 2007-2008 a maturity test is also a requirement to pass the course. It is a written essay of three A4 pages about the presentation. The language of the essay is English and it does not contain illustrations or tables. The essay needs to be submitted to the supervisor of the thesis at least one week before the presentation. The course is compulsory to those who are majoring in Digital and Computer Electronics.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Objectives

The goal of the seminar presentation is to develop the student's ability to speak about his topic to an audience of peers and to inform the students about the recent technological developments in the thesis. One objective is also to prepare fellow students to the process of writing their master's thesis.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Presentation skills to a group of peers.	Informing fellow students about recent technological developments relating to the student's thesis.

Evaluation criteria for the course

The quality of the presentation is assessed on the basis of its content, duration and way of presentation. Starting in autumn 2007 the maturity test essay is also assessed according to the general criteria of maturity tests of the university.

Assessment scale:

Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course

Prerequisites

Last modified	11.08.2008
Modifier	Johanna Reponen