Research Project Including Internship and Master Thesis

Description: The discipline studies the features of research work, internships and experimental work, conducting research on the topic of the dissertation, analyzing the results obtained, writing scientific articles, reports at scientific conferences, as well as internships in organizations and universities associated with the specialty

Amount of credits: 24

Course Workload:

Component: Mandatory component

Cycle: Additional types of study

Goal

• to acquaint undergraduates with the general methodology of scientific creativity, to give an idea of the organization and planning of scientific research, to give basic ideas about the general laws of the development of science and skills for independent scientific work

Objective

• perform the planned amount of research work, internships and experimental work, conducting research on the topic of the dissertation, analyzing the results obtained, writing scientific articles, reports at scientific conferences, as well as internships in organizations and universities that have a connection with the specialty

Learning outcome: knowledge and understanding

• knowledge of methods of theoretical and experimental research in the field of transport technology

Learning outcome: applying knowledge and understanding

• application of methods of theoretical and experimental research in the field of transport technology

Learning outcome: formation of judgments

• formation of judgments about the regularities of the processes of transport equipment, the probable causes of their appearance, the possible consequences of their functioning

Learning outcome: communicative abilities

• способности использовать современные средства коммуникаций для научных исследований, анализа научной новизны, оригинальности и патентоспособности результатов исследований

Learning outcome: learning skills or learning abilities

• ability to study in the doctoral program

Teaching methods

1. Classical lecture training; 2. Training with the help of audiovisual technical means; 3. The "consultant" system; 4. Training with the help of a training book; 5. Computer training.

Assessment of the student's knowledge

Teacher oversees various tasks related to ongoing assessment and determines students' current performance twice during each academic period. Ratings 1 and 2 are formulated based on the outcomes of this ongoing assessment. The student's learning achievements are assessed using a 100-point scale, and the final grades P1 and P2 are calculated as the average of their ongoing performance evaluations. The teacher evaluates the student's work throughout the academic period in alignment with the assignment submission schedule for the discipline. The assessment system may incorporate a mix of written and oral, group and individual formats.

The evaluating policy of learning outcomes by work type

Evaluation form

The student's final grade in the course is calculated on a 100 point grading scale, it includes:

• 40% of the examination result;
• 60% of current control result.

The final grade is calculated by the formula:

 

Where Midterm 1, Midterm 2are digital equivalents of the grades of Midterm 1 and 2;

E is a digital equivalent of the exam grade.

Final alphabetical grade and its equivalent in points:

The letter grading system for students' academic achievements, corresponding to the numerical equivalent on a four-point scale:

Topics of lectures

• General provisions for the preparation of a master's degree dissertations
• Bibliographic search and study of literary sources
• Study of literature and selection of factual material
• General requirements for structural elements master's thesis
• Requirements for the structural elements of the dissertation
• Dissertation rules
• Demonstration requirements material
• The procedure for defending a dissertation
• Public dissertation defense procedure

Key reading

• 1. Peter K. Dunn (2019). Scientific Research Methods: Tutorials. https://bookdown.org/pkaldunn/SRM-tutorials/index.html Copyright © Peter K. Dunn, 2021 2. Методология научного исследования : учебник / А.О. Овчаров, Т.Н. Овчарова. — М.:ИНФРА-М, 2018. — 304 с. ISBN 978-5-16-009204-1 3. Методы и средства научных исследований: учеб. пособие / Ю. Н. Колмогоров [и др.]. — Екатеринбург : Изд-во Урал. ун-та, 2017.— 152 с. ISBN 978-5-7996-2256-5

Further reading

• 4. Методология научных исследований: учеб. пособие / А.Б. Пономарев, Э.А. Пикулева. – Пермь: Изд-во Перм. нац. исслед. политехн. ун-та, 2014. – 186 с. ISBN 978-5-398-01216-3 5. Дудкин М.В. Методические рекомендации для магистрантов специальностей 6М071300 – Транспорт, транспортная техника и технологии, 6М072400 – Технологические машины иоборудование / М.В. Дудкин, Д.Е. Елемес. – УстьКаменогорск: ВКГТУ, 2013. – 29 с.