Syllabus

Doctoral seminar course

Code
FEB222M
Points
3 Credits
Level
Third Cycle
School
School of Information and Engineering
Subject field
Energy Systems in the Built Environment (ENERGIBM)
Approved
Approved, 13 September 2022.
This syllabus is valid from 13 September 2022.

Learning Outcomes

After completing the course, the doctoral student should be able to:

Skills and abilities
• Write scientific material based on one‘s own research so that it can be critically reviewed at a structured seminar.
• Show maturity to be able to critically examine others‘ scientific work in oral and written response.

Judgement and approach
• Assimilate critical scrutiny in the form of a written and oral response to one‘s own scientific work.

Course Content

The course is conducted as seminars. The work to be discussed is presented by one participant and opposed orally at the seminar and in written form by at least one other participant. It is normally an article, a more comprehensive conference contribution or the summary of the dissertation / licentiate thesis. The course uses a structured seminar form based on written response. Presenter writes a written summary of responses to the written and oral review and lists changes made to the manuscript.

Assessment

The student presents his/her work in at least two seminars. Opposition with a written response at least two times. Active participation and oral opposition in four more seminars where other doctoral students present their work.

Forms of Study

Seminars, own work with written response.

Grades

The Swedish grades U–G.

Prerequisites

  • To be admitted to the course, the doctoral student must be admitted the doctoral programme Energy Systems in the Built Environment or admitted to another university in a similar subject area.

Other Information

The course is given in English.