The course consists of lectures and tutorials with student participation in Project Work, Seminars, and written Exam.
The main goal of the course is to prepare the students for research and scientific writing. The course intends to give the students the practical skills that are required to succeed with the degree project including the ability to :
- Explain the historical development of scientific theoretical concepts, research methods and underlying ideas
- Identify and discuss critically, both orally and in writing, the basic scientific theoretical and methodological methods within technological, natural and social sciences.
- Design and formulate a plan for a smaller research project and identify the most appropriate research method
- Explain rules for scientific communication: contents, language, expression, copying and quoting the work of others
- Identify and critically review collected information, data, theoretical and methodological problems in research reports and scientific articles within the student's own subject study field. Assess these considering relevant scientific, societal and ethical aspects