Bachelor's Thesis in Physics

The bachelor's thesis is an independent work where you will use the knowledge you have acquired during your studies as a basis for a given task. The assignment will be carried out during the 3rd year of the Integrated Teacher Education program in Science. At this point, you will have the necessary knowledge to carry out a relevant thesis for your studies.

Content

Through the work with the bachelor's thesis, the student will get experience with a research project where methods in physics is used. The student will carry out a litterature review, practical work, report writing. The methods will depent upon the specific assignment. Choice of project topic subject to availability of suitable supervisers.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Have an overview over current international litterature, scientific writing and ethical norms for a specific topic and can be critical to different sources of information.
Demonstrate an in depth insight and comprehension of a specific topic.

Skills

Use physics to elucidate and analyse a problem.
Have experience of literature search and scientific writing.
Be able to present and convey the independent work using the terminology and language of the research area.
Be able to describe the assignment in a clear manner and use the language of the field.
Can use and analyse relevant tools
Be able to discuss, analyse the results and conclusion related to the problem at hand.

General Competence

Understand the ethical standards for scientific work
Can convey the independent research work
Be able to analyse relevant theoretical models or results supported by the research results
Be able to reflect and critical assesment of one's own work and
Can defend a high ethical behaviour in an academic contex

Required prerequisite knowledge

The student must have completed 40 ECTS credits in physics within the educational plan.

Exam

Weight 1/1

Duration 4 Months

Marks Letter grades

Aid All

Exam system WISEflow

Co-writing (up to three) is allowed.

For rules, important deadlines and more information, see our website "Assignment writing at the Faculty of Science and Technology".

Method of work

Independent work with litterature. Independent guiding in the practical work and report writing.

Open for

Open to all students in the lector program in science with physics as subject 1.

Course assessment

The faculty decides whether early dialogue will be held in all courses or in selected groups of courses. The aim is to collect student feedback for improvements during the semester. In addition, a digital course evaluation must be conducted at least every three years to gather students’ experiences.