Course development

The first change since last course offering is a new teacher (Dr. Andrei Komlev to replace Dr. Walter Villanueva in the previous offering) for three lectures. The second change is to simplify the course projects which are more doable during limited time (60 hours as the workload). The third change is to update course materials, classroom activities and the format of the final written (from open to close).

The first change since last course offering is back to regular classroom activities. The second change is that there are two course assistants who can help classroom activities and students with projects. The third change is that the course materials have be significantly updated from lessons and feedback from previous offering. The fourth change is to have a better description of course projects for their goals, scopes and expectations. The fifth change is to involve one more teacher (Sean Rohan) for giving three lectures.

The first change since last course offering is the distant learning environment through Zoom webinar. The second change is that the examiner became the only supervisor to all course project groups, while in the last offering senior PhD students were assigned to be the supervisors, but students were unhappy with some of the supervisors. The third change is that more lectures (10 out 13) were given by the examiner, including organization of all seminars, so the feedbacks are given to students on time.