9 ECTS credits
270 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4023177FNR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (F) Master - specialised level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- English
- Partnership Agreement
- Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
- Department
- Chemistry
- Educational team
- Frank De Proft
Steven Ballet
Yue Gao
Stefaan Bruylandt
Philippe Claeys
Promotor .
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
- 270 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
The course Master Thesis Partim I depends on an individual project on a current topic in chemistry research. It consists of two parts:
- Scientific literature study, in which the research question of the project is framed with contemporary scientific literature while a first research plan is elaborated.
- Preliminary research, in which an initial set of results is obtained on the basis of an extensive introduction to research methodology, experimental working environment and / or relevant equipment for testing the research plan.
Both parts are translated into a report in which, based on literature study and the preliminary results, a detailed research plan is proposed for the completion of Master Thesis Partim II. This plan includes an indication of work packages, risks and possible alternatives, and the proposed timing. The concrete modalities of the Master Thesis Partim I course unit are communicated to the Examination Board at the start of the academic year. The evaluation of the report is performed by a jury composed of 3 members including promoter and two external specialists; the score of promoter is 50 % of the total score and 25% of each external specialist.
- Additional info
NA
- Learning Outcomes
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general competencies
- The student demonstrates the skills to search for state-of-the-art scientific literature and to write a preparative structured report before tackling a research problem.
- The student has analytical, synthetic and problem-solving skills at an academic level.
- The student is able to clearly formulate research questions.
- The student is able, after a first introduction to the work environment, to translate research questions into work packages (with predefined timing), interpretation of risks and suggest possible alternatives.
- The student is able to be integrated into a research environment, both at the individual level and at the level of the team itself.
- The student demonstrates to follow and implement safety instructions during experimental work.
- Grading
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The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Master Thesis determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Master Thesis category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Written reporting
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
- Evaluation at the end of the semester
- Evaluation methods for periodic evaluation during the first examination period
Written reporting - Evaluation methods for period aligned evaluation in the second examination period
Written reporting - Evaluation methods for non-periodical evaluation
Does not apply
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Chemistry: Analytical and Environmental Chemistry
Master of Chemistry: Chemical Theory, (Bio)Molecular Design and Synthesis