Innholdsfortegnelse

Emnet er tilknyttet følgende studieprogram

Undervisningsspråk

Norwegian or English

Forkunnskapskrav

The student must be a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Engineering and Science or at a similar institution

Læringsutbytte

This course is designed to provide candidates with in-depth knowledge and understanding within a research topic in a field relevant to the candidates PhD-project.

After completing the course, the student is expected to:

  • have good knowledge about the state of the art within the selected topic
  • be able to discuss and argue using the concepts of the topic
  • understand the connection of the topic with related state-of-the-art topics
  • have in-depth understanding of applications related to this topic
  • apply the understanding of the topic to a research theme related to the students own specialization area
  • be able to collect more relevant information in the selected topic

Innhold

The candidate is free to suggest a body of literature within a research topic of interest and relevant to the PhD-project.

Undervisnings- og læringsformer

Self-study. Workload per credit equals minimum 35 pages of scientific articles (excluding references), or minimum 50 pages of textbooks (excluding references), or minimum 27 hours of other relevant academic work (coding, modelling, lab work, etc.).

Vilkår for å gå opp til eksamen

The content of the course must be approved by the PhD program committee for natural sciences (PECNAT) at the Department of Natural Sciences well in advance of the intended examination date.

Eksamen

The examination form will be decided on a case-by-case basis. Normally, the examination will consist of either a 45-minute oral presentation, an oral examination, or a written essay, exploring the course content in relation to the candidate's thesis topic. Graded passed / fail.

Studentevaluering

Emneansvarlig fastsetter i samråd med studenttillitsvalgt evalueringsform og om emnene skal ha midtveis- eller sluttevaluering i tråd med kvalitetssystemet kapittel 4.1. Informasjon om evalueringsform for emnet publiseres i Canvas.
Sist hentet fra FS (Felles studentsystem) 15. okt. 2026 14:00:07