Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Imed Hammouda, Mikko Tiusanen

Implementations

No implementations

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 complete the Master's degree. The maturity of the student is shown by a three page essay of the thesis topic (no illustrations or tables) which is delivered to the teacher and the thesis supervisor at least one week before the presentation. The course is compulsory to those who are majoring in Software Systems.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

The goal of the seminar presentation is to develop the student's ability to speak about his thesis 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.

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

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Prerequisites

Additional information about prerequisites
In order to give a good presentation it is recommended that the student listens to other similar presentations first and learns about the feedback and good methods of the previous presentations.

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Last modified	02.04.2009
Modifier	Elina Orava