Course manual 2018/2019
Course content
The bachelor project is the culmination of the BSc programme and you will use all knowledge and skills acquired to perform research independently. You will be supervised by a staff member from the department of physics & astronomy or from an external institute such as AMOLF, ARCNL, ECN, RIVM or SRON. If you want to conduct a project at an external institute or other university than the UvA or VU you will need permission from the exam-committee. For this it is necessary to write a short description of the project. Bachelor projects are always examined by at least one UvA/VU examiner. Information on projects that are offered by the different institutes are given in the orientation programme and are on Blackboard.
Study materials
Other
- Scientific publications in consultation with your supervisor.
Objectives
To independently perform research under guidance of an experienced researcher. Particularly;
- define a research question and design a strategy to answer it;
- perform the research yourself;
- analyze and interpret your results.
- collaborate in a research setting;
- plan your research in consultation with your supervisor;
- write and present a report on your research;
- write a summary aimed at a general audience emphasizing the scientific and societal relevance of your research.
Teaching methods
- Presentatie/symposium
- Zelfstudie
- Zelfstandig werken aan bijv. project/scriptie
- Presentation/symposium
- Self-study
- Working independently on e.g. a project or thesis
- Supervision/feedback meeting
Learning activities
Activity | Hours |
Presentatie | 16 |
Project | 400 |
Self study | 4 |
Total | 420 | (15 EC x 28 uur) |
Attendance
Programme's requirements concerning attendance (OER-B):
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Each student is expected to participate actively in each component of the programme that he/she signed up for. A student that does not attend the first two seminars of a course, will be administratively removed from the seminar group. A request for reregistration for the seminars can be applied to the programme coordinator.
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If a student cannot attend an obligatory component of a programme's component due to circumstances beyond his control, he must report in writing to the relevant teacher as soon as possible. The teacher, if necessary after consulting the study adviser, may decide to issue the student a replacing assignment.
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It is not allowed to miss obligatory commponents of the programme if there is no case of circumstances beyond one's control.
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In case of participating qualitatively or quantitatively insufficiently, the examiner can expel a student from further participation in the programme's component or a part of that component. Conditions for sufficient participation are set down in advance in the course manual.
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In addition to the above mentioned rules, in the first semester of the first year a student should be present in at least 80% of the seminars. Moreover, participation to midterm tests and obligatory homework is required. If the student does not comply with these obligations, the student is expelled from the resit of this course. Students in the double Bachelor's degree programme Mathematics and Physics are exempted from this requirement. In case of personal circumstances, as described in OER-A Article 6.4, a different study plan will be made in consultation with the study advisor.
Assessment
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
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The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.
NB Before you can start your bachelor project you will need to have completed at least 132 EC of the programme, including all projects.
Processed course evaluations
Below you will find the adjustments in the course design in response to the course evaluations.
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