Preparation Masterproject Software Engineering

6 EC

Semester 1, period 1, 2, 3

5364PRMS6Y

Owner Master Software Engineering
Coordinator dr. Kostas Papagiannopoulos
Part of Master Software Engineering, year 1

Course manual 2024/2025

Course content

During paper sessions you learn skills to find, read and assess relevant scientific publications. You will also learn to build argumentation structures you need for your theory and analysis.

For your graduation you can choose from a number of defined themes. In exceptional cases it is possible to define a project yourself.

A tutor will help you during the preparation. You will also discuss your ideas with other students.

Study materials

Other

  • Study materials are made available through the course’s BlackBoard page.

Objectives

  • Problem analysis
  • Scientific literature survey
  • Theory building
  • Hypothesizing
  • Structuring the research process, validation and assessment
  • Project planning, organization and professional communication
  • Scientific reporting

Teaching methods

  • Lecture
  • Seminar
  • Presentation/symposium
  • Self-study
  • Supervision/feedback meeting

This is a mixed theoretical and practical course. The format is aimed at exercising skills needed to complete the Master’s project. There are interactive sessions where scientific reading, writing, research design, and presentation skills are covered.

Learning activities

Activity

Number of hours

Zelfstudie

168

Attendance

Requirements concerning attendance (TER-B).

  • Participation in practical exercises, tutorials and study group sessions is obligatory. Detailed rules are laid out in the study guide and/or the course catalogue for each unit of study.

    • Assessment

    Item and weight Details

    Final grade

    Project Proposal

    		Must be ≥ pass

    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

    Weeknummer Onderwerpen Studiestof
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    11
    12
    13
    14
    15
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20

    Additional information

    • An interest in reading and writing scientific literature.
    • Affinity with reading and writing English text.
    • Knowledge of current challenges and results in software engineering.

    Contact information

    Coordinator

    • dr. Kostas Papagiannopoulos