BB910: Master project
Study Board of Science
Teaching language: Danish or English depending on the teacher
EKA: N150007102
Assessment: Second examiner: External
Grading: 7-point grading scale
Offered in: Odense
Offered in: Spring
Level: Master(s)
STADS ID (UVA): N150007101
ECTS value: 15
Date of Approval: 26-10-2022
Duration: 1 semester
Version: Approved - active
Comment
A supervisor contract and project description must be handed in.
Submission is conducted electronically spoc.sdu.dk/form/3464/submit. Submission must take place no later than March 31st but it is recommended, that it is handed in as soon as possible. The contract must be approved by the supervisor, the study committee, and the head of studies.
Be aware that it is not possible to fill in the form after the deadline of submission, since the application system will shut down. The system will reopen in connection with the next course registration, then you can fill out the form for the next semester.
The report must include an abstract of the content of the report. The abstract must be written in both Danish and English, when the report is in danish. See more in the Curriculum, §7.5.
Entry requirements
Academic preconditions
Course introduction
The master project represents the completion of the master in Climate Adaptation. The project is thus intended to document the student’s abilities to handle relevant professional functions, terms, and theories, and that the student has acquired the professional knowledge and the theoretical and practical qualifications that enable the student to identify, formulate, and solve problems within climate adaptation.
The project consists of an individual elective project, which can be carried out individually or in interdisciplinary groups. During the project, the students should use the relevant technical and academic methods and tools, which have been learned during the education including management tools, methodology in e.g. economics and climate adaptation tools. Real data and relevant problems are used in the project through collaboration with external partners and networks.
Expected learning outcome
The student must acquire competencies within project work on relevant issues/datasets from external actors, where cooperation with external partners and networks may be established.
A student, who has completed the master project can:
- manage, facilitate, and lead a climate adaptation project
- analyze issues within climate adaptation, and establish new, scientifically founded models for their solution
- be part of an interdisciplinary collaboration with both peers and external partners
- use technologies and tools including relevant software for solutions in climate adaptation
- apply scientific theories and methods during working with a delimited academic topic.
Content
The subject of the master project is determined in collaboration with a supervisor, and the project description is approved as part of the contract by the supervisor, the department, and the study board. The project includes the independent delimitation, solution, and discussion of results concerning an issue in climate adaptation with the involvement of studies of the most recent international research within the field. In addition to the academic aspect, the report should contain aspects about project management.
Literature
Literature including primary literature must be found independently and in collaboration with the supervisor.
Examination regulations
Exam element a)
Timing
The deadline for submission of academic Master's projects started in the spring semester is 1. June.
The deadline for submission of academic Master's projects started in the autumn semester is 1. January
The oral defence will take place no later than four weeks after the report has been handed in.
The oral defence will take place no later than four weeks after the report has been handed in.
Tests
Report and oral defense
EKA
N150007102
Assessment
Second examiner: External
Grading
7-point grading scale
Identification
Full name and SDU username
Language
Normally, the same as teaching language
Examination aids
Allowed, a closer description of the exam rules will be posted on itslearning.
ECTS value
15
Additional information
The project can be carried out individually or in groups. The exam is individual and begins with a lecture on a topic of your choice or an assigned one. After the lecture, the thesis report and the lecture are examined. The student's lecture is included in the overall assessment.
If the student does not submit the project within the stipulated deadline, the university approves a changed assignment formulation that must be within the same subject area, and at the same time sets a new submission deadline of 2 months. If the student does not submit the project within the new deadline, the student may receive a third test attempt, according to the same rules as apply to the second test attempt. The rules applies correspondingly to projects if the student does not obtain at least the grade 02 in the assessment. In special cases, however, the university may decide that the student must write a new project with a new subject. See more in 'The Curriculum for Master of Climate Adaptation* §7.5.
Indicative number of lessons
Teaching Method
At the faculty of science, teaching is organized after the three-phase model ie. intro, training and study phase.
- Intro phase: 2 hours
- Skills training phase: 6 hours of exercise classes
Activities during the study phase:
- Preparation of the master project with support from the supervisor
Teacher responsible
Timetable
Administrative Unit
Team at Educational Law & Registration
Offered in
Recommended course of study
Transition rules
Transitional arrangements describe how a course replaces another course when changes are made to the course of study.
If a transitional arrangement has been made for a course, it will be stated in the list.
See transitional arrangements for all courses at the Faculty of Science.