Dissertation - Introduction to Research Project II

Code:

ESG0018

Acronym:

IPI II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Economics
OFICIAL	Engineering

Instance: 2012/2013 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Services Engineering and Management

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MESG	30	Syllabus since 2007/08	2	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Beginning of the final dissertation project:

1 - Project selection, identification of external supporting organization (opcional) and internal advisor.

2 - Learning to use relevant data analysis tools in particular SPSS and NVivo.

3 - Presentation to colleagues of selected project.

Program

Each student will have an individual project.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Each student will define with its advisor the method to be followed.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	39,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

At the end of the course each student will be assessed through a report of activities, which should correspond to 6 ECTS or 160 hours of work.

The final grade will take into account:

i) the student's performance in MESG at the date of submission of the report, as measured by average grade in SiFEUP,

ii) the evaluation of the supervisor of the thesis (if already defined),

iii) the grade of the working report.

In case of a positive evaluation of the report, and if the student already has an advisor, the classification will be calculated as follows:

i) 25%
ii) 25%
iii) 50%

In case of a positive evaluation of the report, and if the student does not have an advisor, the classification will be calculated as follows:

i) 50%
iii) 50%

In case of a negative report evaluation, the classification will be calculated as follows:

iii) 100%

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applicable.

Classification improvement

The student may improve its classification if a paper (with work related to the dissertation, and co-authored with the FEUP advisor) has been published in the proceedings of a conference or a journal.

Both conference and journal has to be previously accepted by the lecturer of this course.