Course content

The Bachelor's project is carried out within the subject areas of the program and in accordance with the Bachelor's Manual.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

The candidate

• has in-depth knowledge about the chosen topic of Mechanical Engineering
• has knowledge about research and development work on the chosen subject

Skills

The candidate

• can identify, formulate and solve a relevant engineering problem
• can apply knowledge and relevant results of the the research and development work to solve theoretical, technical and practical problems on the chosen subject for the bachelor thesis and argue for his/her choices
• can apply appropriate methods and work systematically over time
• can document and disseminate the results
• can plan and see through an engineering task.

General knowledge

The candidate

• is able to disseminate engineering knowledge to the different target groups both written and oral both in Norwegian and English
• has insight in scientific ethics and understanding of ethical dilemmas
• has insight in the environmental, health and societal issues and its consequences and can put it into ethical perspective and life cycle perspective
• is able to integrate previous experience and knowledge and is able to acquire new knowledge during solving of the posed engineering problem.

Learning methods and activities

The bachelor thesis is to be conducted in a project form in a group of 2-3 students.

Mandatory activities:

• Approved pre-project
• Documentation of the working progress (status reports, MoM, time sheets etc)
• Oral presentation in English of the project scope under work
• Poster (either as a final presentation or presentation of the project scope under work)
• Final oral presentation

Further on evaluation

Deadline for submission is 20th of May 12:00 each year. In case 20th of May follows on a weekend, the deadline will be on the following working day.

The bachelor thesis is normally carried out in groups consisting of 2 -3 students. The assignment is delivered as a written report, a poster and an oral presentation, possibly supplemented with a product / a prototype. A written report together with a possible product / prototype forms the assessment basis for the final grade.

Other matters concerning the thesis are given in separate handbook for the department.

If the bachelor's thesis is not passed, the student must submit a new thesis. Improvement / revision is not sufficient. The thesis can present the same topic area with the same empirical / data basis. A bachelor's thesis that has been assessed as passed cannot be submitted for a new assessment, even in a revised form.

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

To start on the bachelor's thesis, the student must have passed a minimum of 110 credits out of 120 study-planned credits from the first two years of the education. In addition, all compulsory courses and courses that are included in the study plan, but which are not credit-bearing, must be approved in order to start the bachelor thesis.

Course materials

Project Manual. Candidates should find other literature themselves.