Course Catalog 2012-2013
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Course Catalog 2012-2013

TST-1306 Master's Thesis Seminar, 1 cr

Person responsible

Imed Hammouda, Ioan Tabus, Markku Renfors, Jarmo Takala

Lessons

Study type Hours Time span Implementations Lecture times and places
Lectures
6 h/time span
15.11.2012 - 29.11.2012
TST-1306 2012-01  

Requirements

Attending all the seminar lectures is a compulsory requirement to pass the course. In addition, it is recommended to follow at least a few thesis seminar presentations of other students in the course TST-1406. International MSc degree students of the Faculty of CEE are the prime target of this course.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Learning outcomes

After the seminar the student can take care of the searching process of master's thesis project , the selection of the topic, the determination of the scope of the work, communication with the supervisors, the writing of the thesis and the related administrative procedures. The student remembers many proven good practices relating to the writing process.

Content

Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Learning the process of preparing a master's thesis. Understanding the scope of the thesis.  Good practices of the writing process and the arrangements relating to the master's thesis.  Familiarization of a number of other master's theses in the same major subject area as the student. The theses often discuss the state-of-the-art technology of their field. 

Evaluation criteria for the course

Attendance in the seminars is recorded and a 100% attendance in the lectures is required to pass the course.

Assessment scale:

Evaluation scale passed/failed will be used on the course

Partial passing:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Additional information about prerequisites
The course should be taken at a time when the student is planning to start a thesis project. In this stage, most of the courses for the major subject must have been completed or be under study.

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Correspondence of content

Course Corresponds course  Description 
TST-1306 Master's Thesis Seminar, 1 cr OHJ-1756 Software Systems Thesis Seminar, 1 cr +
SGN-1986 Signal Processing Thesis Seminar, 1 cr +
TKT-1546 Digital and Computer Systems Thesis Seminar, 1 cr +
TLT-1756 Communications Engineering Thesis Seminar, 1 cr
 
TST-1306 Master's Thesis Seminar, 1 cr TST-01306 Master’s Thesis Seminar, 1 cr  

More precise information per implementation

Implementation Description Methods of instruction Implementation
TST-1306 2012-01 The seminar is intended to students who are studying in the international master's degree programme in Information Technology or Electrical Engineering, and to exchange students who have been accepted to prepare their theses in the Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering. Students are advised to take the seminar during their first study year. The seminar will be given once a year. It includes three compulsory lectures of two hours each. In addition to the lectures, it is recommended that the students follow at least a few thesis seminar presentations given by the students who are currently in the process of preparing their master's theses in the Faculty of Computing and Electrical Engineering. The titles of the presentations are updated weekly to the seminar programme (see the link 3). The presentations are given on Fridays at 9-11.        

Last modified06.03.2012