5 ECTS credits
125 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4021502ENR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend master niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Onder samenwerkingsakkoord
Onder interuniversitair akkoord mbt. opleiding
Faculteit
Faculteit Wetenschappen en Bio-ingenieurswetensch.
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Bio-ingenieurswetenschappen
Onderwijsteam
Jo Van Ginderachter (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
0 contacturen Exam
13 contacturen Lecture
112 contacturen Self study
Inhoud

The students will, during the HOC, be introduced to the most important aspects of Project Writing.

Sections that will be dealt with are:

  1. Insight in the structure of a project proposal
  2. How to write a good state of the art/rationale? This section will contain examples of a good Rationale and tips and trics on writing a good rationale, and will provide feedback on how to perform a good literature review (use of Web of Science, use of Pubmed, use of other internet sources, journals and journal metrics, when and how to cite references.
  3. How to write a good Objectives section? Examples + tips and trics
  4. How to write a good Methodology or Work Plan? Examples + tips and trics
  5. How to compose a Research Planning/GANTT chart and Data Management Plan? Examples + tips and trics
  6. Plagiarism: what is plagiarism? Which types of plagiarism exist?
  7. Students will, finally, be introduced to the principles of the “Project Cycle Management” methodology. This methodology teaches how to (i) initiate, (ii) plan, (iii) execute, (iv) close a project.

Students will have to write a research proposal based on the acquired principles during the HOC. Exact guidelines for writing such a proposal (lay-out, length,...) will be provided.

The scientific topic can be related to, but should be sufficiently different from the student’s Master thesis topic. To assess for this, the students will be requested to briefly present their Master thesis topic and, subsequently, the scientific topic of their Project proposal. This presentation should not take longer than 10 minutes and will be in presence of the entire class. The students will be challenged on the choice of their topic by the professor and by their peers.

Studiemateriaal
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : The Powerpoint slides of the HOC will be provided, Canvas
Bijkomende info

The Powerpoint slides of the HOC will be provided via Canvas

Leerresultaten

General competences

  • Students are able to autonomously identify a scientific problem, which is sufficiently different from their Master thesis topic.
  • The students are able to briefly present this topic and defend their project
  • Students are able to apply the principles of good Project writing in a research project
  • Students are autonomously able to compose such a research project, that is scientifically sound and adheres to the guidelines of good project writing  

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Andere bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Andere dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Examen andere met een wegingsfactor 1 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

The evaluation for this course will be based on an individually written research project proposal, in agreement with the topic proposed during the short presentations, and adhering to the guidelines and principle outlined during the HOC. The research proposal will be scored based on an evaluation matrix that will judge different aspects of the scientific writing and of the scientific content and will count for 100% of the final score

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master of Molecular Biology: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)