Dissertation Project

Code:

CC5001

Acronym:

CC5001

Level:

500

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Computer Science

Instance: 2020/2021 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://www.dcc.fc.up.pt/dissertacao/
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Master's Degree in Network and Information Systems Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MI:ERS	39	Plano Oficial desde ano letivo 2014	5	-	18	28	486

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit, from the last year of the masters degree, has the goal to evaluate the capacity of student’s to perform autonomous, research-level work.
The focus is given to the aspects leading to the preparation of a dissertation proposal, namely: bibliographical review of the state of the art; the definition of research objectives; the structuring and time planning of the work, and the presentation of references.

Learning outcomes and competences

In this unit the students must:

1. Identify bibliographical references and sources of information that are important to the work proposal;


2. Know the state of the art and be able set goals towards the ultimate objective;


3. Schedule future work towards achieving the goals.


4. Write a dissertation proposal encompassing the points described above.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The proposals for dissertation are put forward by members of the Department of Computer Science, or by external researchers with which the members of the Department have research collaborations

Mandatory literature

***; (to be provided by the advisors), ***, 2017. ISBN: *** ((to be provided by the advisors))

Teaching methods and learning activities

The assignment of problems to students in the context of research projects, academic and/or industry-based, provides an objective way to evaluate the capacity of final year students to perform quality research level, autonomous work.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Trabalho de investigação	486,00
Total:	486,00

Eligibility for exams

Achievement of the minimum grades for all evaluation components

Calculation formula of final grade

Public examination of written thesis.

The final grade will be assigned based on the following criteria:

1. Information provided by the advisor(s) regarding the student’s performance;


2. The report written by the student;


3. A public presentation and defense of the correspondent work 

Observations

The supervision of the work is performed by members of the Department so that the performance of the students can be objectively evaluated. Besides the information provided by the advisor(s), the dissertation is reviewed by an external examiner (from a different University). This protocol allows the internal evaluation of the student (by the advisor(s)) to be cross-checked by an external reviewer, giving credibility to the process and to the final grade. The grade itself is quantified based on the above mentioned parameters in such a way as to minimize subjectivity.