Course manual 2023/2024
Course content
Course Content.
The Global objectives of the AMEP Seminar are two-fold:
- get to know the rich research landscape in the Amsterdam research institutes and research groups that underpin the AMEP MSc track
- grow together as a cohort "AMEP Class of 2025" by organising together
- a series of (12) talks about:
- what it is like to do research in the groups powering AMEP
- hearing from AMEP alumni about the kinds of (really very cool) jobs they go onto after graduation
- oganising social events also involving the AMEP Class of 2024, and reaching out to the BSc cohorts in the Physics & Astronomy joint degree programme
Registration automatically requires active participation in the organization and execution of the weekly sessions and related activities.
Objectives
- Identify the stakeholders of the AMEP track and summarise their roles.
- Outline the different research directions at the different institutes/departments participating in AMEP.
- Demonstrate the ability to organise effectively.
- Communicate like a professional with AMEP Seminar stakeholders such as donors, speakers (both researchers and alumni), reach out to BSc students.
- Produce and post attractive and effective content on X, Instagram and AMEP.Amsterdam in keeping with a graduate, professional environment.
- Apply the info in the AMEP Seminar to assess which research direction and project in which research group is the right one for your MSc Thesis Project.
Teaching methods
- Working independently on e.g. a project or thesis
- Presentation/symposium
- Supervision/feedback meeting
Presentation/symposium
the weekly sessions vary between the following types:
- intra-AMEP seminar sessions
- organisational meet-ups in which the group (+ instructor) discuss the goals, who-does-what
- AMEP.Amsterdam, social media, organising speaker Seminars, social events
- the AMEP-ers receive coaching on how to reach those goals
- once a month, the AMEP Seminar session is used by the track coordinator to discuss course choices and progress; thus boosting effective 2-way communication between the track leadership and the AMEP cohort
- AMEP Seminars with presenters from research and alumni
- organised by the AMEP-Seminarians: recruiting speakers, advertising the Seminars (poster, online), arranging a lunch for participants, chairing sessions and moderating a Q&A
Learning activities
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Activity
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Hours
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Tutoraat
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54
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Own organisational, networking and communication activities
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30
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Total
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84
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(3 EC x 28 uur)
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Attendance
Requirements concerning attendance (OER-B).
In addition to, or instead of, classes in the form of lectures, the elements of the master’s examination programme often include a practical component as defined in article A-1.2 of part A. The course catalogue contains information on the types of classes in each part of the programme. Attendance during practical components is mandatory.
Additional requirements for this course:
This is a pass/fail course, and attendance in the sessions is mandatory, and active participation in the AMEP Seminar's activities is required to be eligible for a pass grade. Cases of illness or other insurmountable-seeming reasons for non-attendance need to be flagged with the instructor (MSG) prior to the session.
Assessment
This is a pass/fail module, so there are no grades.
Factors in getting a "pass" include:
- strong record of attendence at the physical AMEP Seminar sessions timetabled in DataNose
- good record of active participation in the activities of the A-Seminar
- actively helping to build a cohort feeling "AMEP Class of 2025" and a good connection to the AMEP Class of 2024
Mastery of the learning objectives are expressed in the following:
Knowledge
- Identify the different stakeholders behind AMEP
- Summarize the role of each type of stakeholder
- Outline the different research directions pursued at the different institutes participating in AMEP
Skills
- Demonstrate the ability to organise effectively
→ Tested via acceptance & positive cooperation from researchers/teaching staff, administrators and alumni
Behaviour
- Write effective and professional texts explaining what the AMEP Seminar and its objectives are (also with reference to the stakeholder groups)
→ Tested via feedback requested and received from non-AMEP-student participants and other stakeholders
- Produce content for Instagram, X and the "About the class of 2025" tab on AMEP.Amsterdam
→ Tested via visible output on Instagram, X and AMEP.Amsterdam
Inspection of assessed work
There is no grade, so this is not relevant.
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Assignments
see rubrics above
Fraud and plagiarism
The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl
Course structure
The who-does-what-and-when will be set-up and developed in concert with the AMEP-Seminarians as part of their learning-by-doing activities in the AMEP-Seminar. Canvas will be used for the communication of all this as it develops.
The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.
The AMEP Seminar makes use of a Canvas page to which the students also get upload ('teacher') access, to enable easy sharing of info across the group as a whole.
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