NEUS4010 Project Seminar (5 cr)

Master's supervision meetings can be supervision between the supervisor and students or seminar-style joint processing of several theses, in which case the meetings also include familiarization with the work of other students in the supervision group, commenting on them and learning from them for working on your own thesis. During the last quarter of master's work, when the thesis and its results begin to approach the finished entity, the thesis is presented either to its own supervision group (if the supervision group itself has 3–5 theses to be completed) or at a final seminar jointly organized by a few thesis supervisors. The final seminar simulates a single session of a scientific conference. In the session, each participant not only presents the core points and results of their thesis to others, but also participates as a commentator in the discussion about the thesis in their own session, asking clarifying questions, reflective comments and constructive feedback to the authors.

After completing the course, the student can familiarize him/herself carefully with a text in the form of a research report so that he/she is able to give encouraging and constructive feedback on it and also to utilize and apply the lessons he/she has received from others in his/her own work. The student knows how to make a comprehensive conference presentation about his/her own research and its results, to answer questions about the content of the presentation, and to justify the content of his/her thesis and the results obtained. The student is thus able to verbally communicate his/her scientific work to the public. He/she also knows how to look at other people's studies in a versatile way and give constructive peer feedback.