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

Person responsible

Nikolay Tchamov, Jukka Lempiäinen, Mikko Valkama, Jarmo Harju, Markku Renfors

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Periods 1 1 - 5

Requirements

Giving a 15-20 min seminar presentation of the topic area of one's own 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 Communications Engineering.

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

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.

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

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

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1	The presentation time should be agreed with the thesis supervisor or Markku Renfors (markku.renfors@tut.fi). Possible empty slots can be checked from the seminar programme (see below).

Last modified	02.04.2009
Modifier	Elina Orava