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

Person responsible

Alpo Värri

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Periods 1 1 - 0	International Students
Implementation 2	Periods 2 2 - 0	International Students
Implementation 3	Periods 3 3 - 0	International Students
Implementation 4	Periods 4 4 - 0	International Students
Implementation 5	Periods 5 5 - 0	International Students

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 plan to graduate from the Department of Signal Processing.

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.

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. The use and arrangement of presentation tools.

Evaluation criteria for the course

The quality of the presentation is assessed on the basis of its content, duration and way of presentation.

Assessment scale:

Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Other online content	Course home page	Alpo Värri					English

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 good methods and the mistakes of the previous presenters.

Correspondence of content

There is no equivalence with any other courses

Additional information

If the student wants to use a computer for the presentation, the student must arrange the computer to the class room and make sure that it is compatible with the video projector of the class room.

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 1 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 2			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 1 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 3			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 1 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 4			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 1 % Self-directed learning: 0 %
Implementation 5			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 1 % Self-directed learning: 0 %

Last modified	03.03.2009
Modifier	Alpo Värri