Course Catalog 2007-2008

TLT-9106 ORIENTATION TO POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, 3 cr
Orientation to Postgraduate Studies

Courses persons responsible
Markku Renfors

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 2 h/week 2 h/week - - - -
(Timetable for academic year 2007-2008)

Objectives
Course provides basic understanding of post-graduate studies and scientific and applied research. After the course students are able to find a research problem, review literature, and prepare an initial plan for post-graduate studies and research. Students will also have basic knowledge on reserach methods.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Structure of post-graduate studies, research methods, review of literature, discovering new knowledge, scientific publications, ethical issues in science and engineering, progress and graduation, dissertation, introduction to research in the Dept. of IT.
 		      

Requirements for completing the course
A course assignment.

Evaluation criteria for the course


  • Used assessment scale is passed / failed

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Lecture slides "Orientation to Postgraduate Studies" Several authors.   http://www.cs.tut.fi/kurssit/OHJ-1806/   No  English 

    Prerequisites
    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    The prerequisite is Master's Degree completed or close to completion.

    Remarks

    The course is organized by the Department of Information Technology and is compulsory for post-graduate students. Student applying to the post-graduate program should take this course no later than during the first year of their post-graduate studies. The Web-based implementation allows students to pass the course at any time during the academic year. The students can be officially accepted to the program only after passing this course.

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In compiling teaching material, particularly for online use or other electronic media
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In interaction and discussion, such as online discussions, chat

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 20 %
    - Distance learning: 80 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 67 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 24
    Assignments 48
    Total sum 72

    Correspondence of content
    8309992 Orientation to Postgraduate Studies

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    Last modified 07.02.2007
    Modified byMarkku Renfors