Course - Master Thesis for MSIT - IT3920
IT3920 - Master Thesis for MSIT
About
Examination arrangement
Examination arrangement: Master thesis
Grade: Letter grades
Evaluation | Weighting | Duration | Grade deviation | Examination aids |
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Master thesis | 100/100 |
Course content
The master thesis is a research, innovation and/or development project, with the objective of showing you can work independently on an advanced level, on acquiring and creating new knowledge within your field of specialisation. The project includes defining objectives and goals, gathering relevant background information about the knowledge frontier, doing novel work using relevant methods and documenting and critically evaluating the work and contribution.
Learning outcome
Knowledge: Insight in how knowledge, services and technologu are created and reported within the student's master specialty area, and understanding of advanced theory and practice within this topic. Awareness of important principles of research ethics / academic / professional honesty. Skills: Ability to acquire in-depth knowledge in the chosen topic using established working methods, e.g. getting knowledge from literature search and combine this with own previous knowledge and results of own investigations. General competence: Be able to complete a larger, independent project, including defining a project plan with milestones, reporting partial results and writing a master thesis according to established standards.
Further on evaluation
It must be made explicit in the master thesis to what extent it builds on and/or includes elements (text, images, code, data or other parts) from the students´ earlier work, e.g. from IT3915 Master in Informatics, Preparatory Project.
The master thesis should contain a reflection on its relevance concerning UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
Specific conditions
Admission to a programme of study is required:
Informatics (MSIT)
Required previous knowledge
Requires passed IT3915 Master in Informatics, Preparatory Project.
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Version: 1
Credits:
30.0 SP
Study level: Second degree level
Term no.: 1
Teaching semester: SPRING 2024
Language of instruction: -
Location: Trondheim
- Computer Science
Department with academic responsibility
Department of Computer Science
Examination
Examination arrangement: Master thesis
- Term Status code Evaluation Weighting Examination aids Date Time Examination system Room *
- Autumn ORD Master thesis 100/100 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates - Spring ORD Master thesis 100/100 INSPERA
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Room Building Number of candidates
- * The location (room) for a written examination is published 3 days before examination date. If more than one room is listed, you will find your room at Studentweb.
For more information regarding registration for examination and examination procedures, see "Innsida - Exams"